New Video: Reclaiming Agriculture for Family Farms in Oregon

Posted in Local Food, Videos on 31. Jan, 2010

Check out the newest F2F video short created with and for the Friends of Family Farmers in Oregon.
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I’ve been in Oregon for almost nine months now and have learned a great deal about direct farm marketing and local food in this part of the continent. Along the way, I have found myself in the company of some good folks here at an organization called the friends of family farmers.
Specifically, I have connected with Michael Moss and Megan Fehrman who are responsible for facilitating the Agriculture Reclamation Act (ARA). The purpose of the ARA is to organize and mobilize family farmers in Oregon to have a greater say in the future of agricultural policy in the state of Oregon. Powerful agribusinesses (more…)
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Dirty Words? L@$&! F@%D

Posted in Local Food, What's Up With That? on 27. Jan, 2010

I stumbled across a link to the United States Department of Agriculture’s YouTube site the other day. To my surprise, they had a channel dedicated to a new initiative launched earlier this year entitled “know your farmer, know your food”.  Click for YouTube channel.

Ostensibly, the initiative aims to connect local consumers with local producers to create new economic opportunities for communities. The campaign includes a short video of the secretary of agriculture encouraging consumers to get to know their farmer and promoting the importance of local food.

I don’t have a sense of the authenticity of this campaign. Is there real action behind these words? (more…)

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