Posts Categorized: federal policy

Crop Insurance: Good Enough for Monsanto-Good Enough for Sustainable Ag

Posted December 22nd, 2014 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, federal policy, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog.

From the fact-is-stranger-than-fiction department: In 2007, Monsanto talked the USDA’s Risk Management Agency into giving farmers a discount on crop insurance premiums if they planted the company’s triple-stacked GMO corn…. Read more »

Coalition to Congressional Delegation: Incorporate Minnesota principles into Farm Bill

Posted April 18th, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under federal government, federal policy, Loon Commons blog.

Thirty-six organizations recently sent a letter to Minnesota’s Congressional delegation asking for their support in helping Minnesota through parts of the Federal Farm Bill. Read the full letter here (pdf)…. Read more »