Legislative Session & Sust. Ag: Good News-Bad News

The just-concluded session of the Minnesota Legislature produced benefits for family livestock farmers, while attacks on local control were stymied once again. The bad news is that an exciting program for promoting production of perennial plant systems for biofuels went unfunded. The Land Stewardship Project has developed an overview of the 2008 Legislature’s performance when it comes to sustainable family farming, local democracy and environmentally-sound biofuels production. Check it out by clicking here.