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Last login: 4 hours ago1StrawRevolution: Rob is a 34 year old married guy from Madison, Wisconsin, USA.; Likes 335 pages, 22 videos, 1 photo • 58 fans • Received 9 reviews; Member since Dec 02, 2007

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Growing locally, legislating nationally: Rules hinder states specialty farmers: Mar 24, 6:18pm 3 reviews agriculture, politics, organic
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/16943831.html; Sweet Jesus! I know that the Farm subsidy program is insane, but this takes the cake! We are forcing local organic growers to pay an additional penalty of almost $1000 an acre to grow food for people not animals/fuel when crop rentals in this country are only about $125/acre for irrigated land. Even at today's high corn prices that land couldn't bring in that much under corn. WTF?

ENN: Wal-Mart Move TIpping Point for Driving Monsantos Bovine Growth Hormone off…: Mar 24, 1:07pm 3 reviews agriculture, environment, organic
http://www.enn.com/business/article/33457; Who would have imagined rooting for Walmart in an sustainability debate? "The times they'r a'changing" Wal-Mart's power -even if it is green washing- is undeniable and should be harnessed for Good.

YouTube - Woodbury County - Organic Market: Mar 21, 6:00am 1 review agriculture, video, organic, sustainable-agriculture
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=vnb9wo2wu3; I am rabidly falling in love with theis county and their mission. As someone involved in local politics I know how hard it is to sustain this level of committment for 4+ years. That is two terms -they have the grassroots support!

Iowa Farmer Today: Mar 21, 5:45am 1 review agriculture, organic
http://www.iowafarmer.com/articles/2008/03/18/top_stories/02organics.txt; Really inspiring story of what a small Iowa County is doing to actively attract and keep family farms. The ability of sustainable farming to potentially save the agrarian lifestyle or our rural America is very promising Here in Wisconsin, some local Ag schools are seeing 400% increases in their dairy class sizes thanks to the rise of Organic Valley and real prices for milk again.

Beautiful boozers | AccessAtlanta: Mar 21, 5:19am 1 review cooking, organic
http://www.accessatlanta.com/services/content/entertainment/nightlife/stories...; I suppose it was only a matter of time, but gourmet, organic mixed drinks still made me chuckle.

The Santa Barbara Independent Goleta Organic Farm Bows to Neighbors’ Complaint…: Feb 14, 6:15pm 1 review environment, organic, sustainable-agriculture
http://www.independent.com/news/2008/feb/14/goleta-organic-farm-bows-neighbor...; Sad to see backpedaling at a time when reducing your impact is so critical and gaining such momentum!

organic agriculture: Feb 8, 2:23am 1 review agriculture, organic, farming, soil
http://www.mosesorganic.org/researchsymposium/index.html; Oh, if only I didn't have that stinking day job! Great conference coming up in LaCrosse, WI for the Organic Farming types near here.

Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects: Jan 17, 6:53pm 10 reviews agriculture, ecology, environment, gardening, organic
http://www.farmerfred.com/plants_that_attract_benefi.html; Hands down the simplest, most informative site I've found on benificial insects. It actually includes WHICH Plants attract which bugs. Finally!

Future House: Jan 17, 6:45pm 2 reviews environment, organic, urban-agriculture
http://futurehousefarm.blogspot.com/; Great blog from a crunchy couple of Nor'easterners. Lots of good info, and great blogging.

www.farmshed.org: Jan 17, 6:43pm 1 review cooking, environment, organic, local-food
http://www.farmshed.org/; From the sire: "Every river has a watershed, every city has a farmshed" If only this country would figure that out! More of a local org for central WI, but LOVE the idea!!!