Yes, that Rose Bowl
“Every day, America wastes enough food to fill the
Rose Bowl. Yes,
that Rose Bowl – the 90,000-seat football stadium in Pasadena, California.” How’s that for an opener?
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Call it the “Food Bill”
That would be my first recommendation for those crafting the
2012 U.S. Farm Bill . After all, 76% of the farm bill’s spending goes to nutrition, food stamps, and school lunch programs. It’s a fact that often gets overlooked by the media and the general public when criticisms are leveled against farm subsidies. The legislation is really about feeding our citizens, not just providing a safety net for farmers.
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Leopold Conservation Award: Koepke farm family shows the land is their bank, and the bank is their land
The land is your bank and the bank is your land. Jim Koepke first heard his father say those words when he was 11 years old. He’s now 66, but those words have never left him.
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Sending soybeans from Shawano to Seoul
After endless political posturing over the debt ceiling, there’s now no shortage of politicians repeating a “jobs, jobs, jobs” mantra. As Congress returns to Washington in September, Wisconsin’s farm community will be urging it to take action on the long-shelved proposed free trade agreements with the nations of South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. Combined, they represent a multibillion-dollar booster shot in the economic arm.
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