Web Resources: The Grass Could Be Greener: Farm Bill 2007 Update

Recent Articles of Interest:

"Lines in teh dirt drawn for farm bill: House panel seeks cut in subsidies but a wider snack program. A bipartisan group pushes conservation." by Nicole Gaouette (Los Angeles Times: July 25, 2007)
"White House threatens veto for farm bill" (Reuters/Washington Post: July 25, 2007)
"Crop insurance savings better than farm subsidies" by Brian Riedl (Pasadena Star News: July 24, 2007)
"Deceased Farmers Got USDA Payments" by Sarah Cohen (Washington Post: July 23, 2007)
"Corn, soybean, tobacco growers come out ahead in farm bill draft" (Des Moines Register: July 20, 2007)
"House Panel Approves a Farm Bill" by David Herszenhorn (New York Times: July 20, 2007)
"Farm Bill Offers Aid to Fruit, Vegetable Growers" by Andrea Seabrook (National Public Radio: July 20, 2007)
"A Farm Bill for All" by Jake Caldwell (Center for American Progress: July 17, 2007)
Chuck Hassebrook, Executive Director of the Center for Rural Affairs, gives statement to Senate Agriculture Committee (February 13, 2007)
"How to Spend an Extra $15 Billion" - Washington Post writers investigate federal agriculture subsidies and their shortcomings
Washington Post "Farm Subsidies Over Time" timeline

Organizations following the Farm Bill's progress:

Sustainable Agricutlure Coalition: Key Issues for Farm Bill 2007
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: Farm Bill Basics
USDA Farm Bill Proposals
Ag Observatory (A monitor of U.S. and world agriculture from the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy)
National Agricultural Law Center at University of Arkansas
Community Alliance with Family Farmers
Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA)
California Coalition for Food and Farming
Community Food Security Coalition
Northeast-Midwest Institute
The Minnesota Project
National Camapign for Sustainable Agriculture
Center for Rural Affairs
American Farmland Trust
Consumers Union
Food and Water Watch
National Black Farmers Association
Organic Farming Research Foundation
Americans for Country Of Origin Labeling

Blogosphere:

Center for American Progress on Biofuels in the Farm Bill (VERY helpful chart of information)
“Now is the Time for Farm Bill Reform” by Kara Laney: July 25, 2007 (Trading Ideas: A blog from the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council)
Mulch: Comments on agriculture, farm policy and food safety
The Rural Populist
Farmpolicy.com
Fresh Talk
Sustainablog