#secretfarmbill #2

After researching a little more about the farm bill I found some pretty cool websites from different groups and some articles that give more info... plus I found an awesome video by who other than the food expert himself, Michael Pollan?

Take Part is a division of Slate Media, who brought us some of the award winning documentaries such as Food, Inc, An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman, and The Cove. Their website is designed to provide interesting and thought-provoking articles to encourage people to get involved!
http://www.takepart.com/article/2011/11/09/2012-farm-bill-to-be-decided-behind-closed-doors

This Farm Bill Budget Visualizer was made by John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. They made it to help people understand where exactly the federal funding has been allocated in different areas.
http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/programs/visualizer/

Farmrun, self proclaimed as "media for a farmrun America" is published by Andrew Plotsky, a journalist of sorts, who writes and posts pictures about "his explorations into responsible, substituent agricultural lifestyles". Plus his most recent blogpost shows a really cool picture of different farmers who are voicing what they want the Farm Bill to contain.
http://farmrun.com/actionize

"The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities." This article talks about exactly where money is being cut in the current farm bill.
http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/fy-2012-ag-appropriations/

These two articles from Grist, an environmental news website documents the secrecy stuff that's going on with the farm bill and also the opposition from different grassroots organizations.
http://www.grist.org/factory-farms/2011-10-31-will-a-secret-farm-bill-be-passed-this-week
http://www.grist.org/farm-bill/2011-11-15-the-farm-bill-the-view-from-the-grassroots

This is the actual website for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. They have links to the hearings that have taken place about the Farm Bill.
http://ag.senate.gov/issues/farm-bill

And of course, this list wouldn't be complete without an article from the New York Times. Mark Bittman, a food columnist for the New York Times, gives his take on the Farm Bill.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/the-secret-farm-bill/