Last week, FOX News ran a story on farm subsidies under the guise of being on the lookout for the taxpayer. The story predictably attacked the usual suspects: direct payments and conservation programs. And while the reporter, William LaJeunesse, talked to someone from the American Farm Bureau Federation as well as a farmer from Illinois, the [...]
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Fair and Balanced?
Posted in economy, environment, government, politics, Uncategorized, tagged AFBF, agribusiness, agriculture, American Farm Bureau Federation, CO2 emissions, Conservation Reserve Program, CRP, direct payments, environment, fair and balanced, farm bill, farm income, farm subsidies, farming, federal budget, federal deficit, FOX News, Illinois Farm Bureau, national security, safe water, soil erosion, Steve Ellis, Steve Pitstick, Taxpayers for Common Sense, United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, USDA budget, William LaJeunesse on April 27, 2011 |
The Beef With Processed Foods
Posted in government, health and nutrition, regulations, Uncategorized, tagged beet sugar, cane sugar, corn, Corn Refiners Association, corn sugar, FDA, food, Food and Drug Administration, Food Information Council Foundation, health, HFCS, high fructose corn syrup, Illinois Farm Bureau, processed foods, sugar on April 12, 2011 |
According to the Food Information Council Foundation, the definition of a processed food is “any deliberate change in a food that occurs before it’s available for us to eat.” By that definition, food has been “processed” for about two million years, when prehistoric humans discovered cooking.
By Jove, I Think They’ve Got It!
Posted in economy, ethanol, food prices, politics, Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, AP, Associated Press, Chad Hart, ethanol, farmers, food prices, Illinois Farm Bureau, Iowa State University, Michael J. Crumb, USDA on April 5, 2011 |
Yesterday, the Associated Press ran a story on food prices. Ordinarily, that in and of itself is not newsworthy, but it was the headline that caught our attention.
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