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Farmcast: - Episode 3: "Keeping it Brief: Conservation, Local Food & Ending Hunger" Updated: 2007-06-13 04:00:00 Description: The stage has been set for the 2007 Farm Bill, and it’s time to turn priorities into programs—protecting working farms and ranches from sprawl, making local foods more available, encouraging healthy diets and ending hunger in America. Listen to R...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Farmcast: - Episode 2: "Congress Is Talking About Your Food" Updated: 2007-05-30 20:00:00 Description: Think farm policy will never change? Think again. The comprehensive Farm, Nutrition, Community Investment Act promises to strengthen U.S. agriculture and ensure fresh, healthy food supplies while better protecting our environment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Farmcast: "Calling on Congress To Fund Conservation" Updated: 2007-04-26 04:00:00 Description: AFT President Ralph Grossi and others appearing before Congress speak to the importance of funding conservation programs in the upcoming 2007 Farm Bill (debut episode of AFT's Farmcast). [MP3,i2.1 MB, 4:35]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Next Chapter for Smart Growth: Capacity Building to Institutionalization Updated: 2007-04-25 04:00:00 Description: AFT's CA State Director Ed Thompson, Jr. joins the NPSG keynote plenary and speaks of farmland protection priorities as they relate to smart growth. [MP3, 36.1 MB, 1:18:59]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Implementing the Next Generation of Smart Growth & Farmland Protection Updated: 2007-04-25 04:00:00 Description: AFT's John Miller discusses how sustainable development leads to sustainable agriculture. [MP3, 36.2 MB, 1:19:11]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Opportunities to Redirect Farm Policy: Interview with AFT President Ralph Grossi Updated: 2007-04-20 14:29:38 Description: Ralph Grossi speaks about the 2007 Farm Bill and AFT's recommendations for this once-in-a-generation opportunity to redirect farm policy during an interview with Colleen Callahan of WGFA, Watseka, IL....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Important Time for Congress to "Step-Up" Updated: 2007-04-20 14:12:33 Description: AFT President Ralph Grossi says it's a critical time to increase support for conservation programs in the 2007 Farm Bill. [MP3, 3 MB, 3:18]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Clock is Ticking Updated: 2007-02-02 05:00:00 Description: Ralph Grossi speaks out for an increased budget authority for the 2007 Farm Bill to meet critical needs and increase public benefits [MP3, 2 MB. 4:29]....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A New Safety Net for Producers Updated: 2007-01-25 19:28:24 Description: AFT President Ralph Grossi speaks about the need for a new kind of safety net for producers, and some broader themes that will be important in a redesign of farm policy in 2007....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tune in to Farm Policy Updated: 2007-01-25 19:27:59 Description: AFT President Ralph Grossi speaks with well-respected farm policy journalist Keith Good, of FarmPolicy.com on the future of the farm bill and AFT’s vision for change....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD AFT President Joined by Former U.S. Agriculture Secretaries to Endorse New American Farmland Trust Policies for the 2007 Farm Bill Updated: 2007-01-25 14:27:44 Description: Just four days before the 73rd anniversary of the first farm bill (May 12, 1933), American Farmland Trust (AFT) released Agenda 2007: A New Framework and Direction for U.S. Farm Policy, its policy recommendations to make U.S. agriculture competitive ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Farm Bill Shapes the Food System Updated: 2007-01-19 05:00:00 Description: The Farm and Food Policy Project's Allen Hance discusses this important project [MP3, 4 MB, 4:20]....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ralph Grossi Gets to the Baseline of Matters Updated: 2007-01-17 05:00:00 Description: AFT President Ralph Grossi discusses the Baseline and the importance of funding conservation programs [MP3, 3 MB, 3:17]....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Professor Testifies for Conservation Updated: 2007-01-16 05:00:00 Description: Kathleen Merrigan, Ph.D., assistant professor of agriculture, food and environment at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, discusses the need for more funding for conservation [MP3, 3.6 MB, 3:54]....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What Good Is A Country Without Farmland? Updated: 2006-11-15 05:00:00 Description: Michael Ableman is a farmer, educator, photographer and writer. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Urban Agriculture in California and in this special broadcast he shares his photographs and the stories they tell....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ralph Grossi & Farming on the Edge Updated: 2006-11-14 05:00:00 Description: AFT President Ralph Grossi speaks about a new direction for farm policy at AFT's National Farming on the Edge Conference....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "We Are In The Business to Change The World" Updated: 2006-11-13 05:00:00 Description: Gary Hirshberg is chairman, president and CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, the world’s largest manufacturer of organic yogurt. Hirshberg was a keynote speaker at AFT's 2006 National Conference....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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