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2008 Farm Bill
Missouri Rural Crisis Center - 20 Years
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The Problem is Corporate Agribusiness, Not the Estate Tax (or the "death tax" as its opponents call it) Roger Allison Howard County, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine, June 1, 2001 The right to food self sufficiency Roger Allison Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine - May 10, 2000 Representing Farmers in Hard Financial Times We must change federal farms and food policy Roger Allison Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine May 3, 1999. The corporate-controlled factory system is inherently flawed There is a better way -- independent family farmers. Roger Allison Des Moines, Iowa Published in In Motion Magazine January 27, 1999 A rural economy built on family farmers sustains itself The most important issue in agriculture today is the industrialization of agriculture Roger Allison, Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine March, 1998 The Vice President's Clean Water Initiatives: "We must regulate these industrial-sized livestock factories that create industrial-sized waste." Roger Allison, Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine December, 1997 "You Don't Miss the Water 'till the Well Runs Dry" - Sustaining Our Communities, Building Our Future Together Roger Allison, Chillicothe, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine August 7, 1997 When The Well Runs Dry Analysis of the water resource depletion caused by the corporate swine industry in Missouri and other parts of the central U.S.A. Roger Allison, Howard County, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine November 12, 1996 What's the Stink? Unprecedented Coalition Will Take on the Hog Industry by Roger Allison Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine January 1, 1996 Interview with Joshua Sena Alouka “They should contribute their local knowledge.” Youth representative from Togo discusses how to make sustainable development effective. Johannesburg, South Africa Published in In Motion Magazine November 3, 2002 We Make the Road by Walking The Rural Organizing Project (ROP) Walk for Justice Jerry Atkin Wheeler, Oregon Published in In Motion Magazine, August 7, 2005 Court Rules Pork Checkoff Unconstitutional The Checkoff’s days are numbered “This is a big victory for family farmers and for democracy in America.” Campaign For Family Farms Cincinnati, Ohio Published in In Motion Magazine October 22, 2003 Pork Checkoff is Unconstitutional! "A huge victory for independent family farmers" Campaign for Family Farms Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine, October 28, 2002 Campaign for Family Farms tells Senate Agriculture Committee: “We need a ban on packer ownership of livestock now!” Campaign for Family Farms Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine, July 16, 2002 Factory Farms and Corporate Agribusiness Only Winners from Conference Committee “Deal” Campaign for Family Farms Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine, May 2, 2002 Congressman Gephardt Calls for Ban on Packer Ownership of Livestock Campaign for Family Farms Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine, April 22, 2002 Campaign for Family Farms blasts Bush Administration’s appointee to USDA’s antitrust division Campaign for Family Farms Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine, April 4, 2002 U.S. Senate Votes Again to Ban Packer Ownership of Livestock Campaign for Family Farms Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine, February 12, 2002 Mushroom Checkoff Declared Unconstitutional by Nation’s Highest Court Campaign for Family Farms Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine, July 5, 2001 Campaign for Family Farms Hails Senate Action to Ban Packer Ownership of Livestock Senators Wellstone and Johnson lead passage of amendment Campaign for Family Farms Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine, December 21, 2001 Hog Farmers Launch Lawsuit Against USDA Blairstown, Iowa Campaign for Family Farms Published in In Motion Magazine, May 27, 2001 Veneman admits ignorance on pork tax decision Des Moines, Iowa Campaign for Family Farms Published in In Motion Magazine, May 27, 2001 Farmers Protest Pork Tax “Honor our vote, honor democracy, end the pork tax now!” Campaign for Family Farms Washington, DC Published in In Motion Magazine, March 30, 2001 USDA Rejects Hog Farmers’ Democratic Vote Cut Back Room Deal with NPPC to Keep Pork Checkoff in Place Campaign for Family Farms Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine, March 5, 2001 Hog Farmers End Mandatory Pork Checkoff: Independent producers vote down pork tax Campaign for Family Farms prepares for next corporate target Campaign for Family Farms Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine, January 15, 2001 Farmer to Farmer Campaign calls on state Attorney's General to learn from Starlink debacle Farmers call for long-term solutions to protect farmers Campaign for Family Farms Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine December 3, 2000. Missouri Rural Crisis Center and Campaign for Family Farms vow to fight Smithfield buyout of IBP Groups label Smithfield's hiring of former antitrust chief "corrupt" Campaign for Family Farms Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine, December 3, 2000 Hog Farmers Win the Right to Vote to Terminate Mandatory Pork Checkoff USDA Secretary Glickman Accepts Petitions: Makes Decision to Hold Vote Campaign for Family Farms Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine - March 5, 2000 USDA publishes final rules for mandatory pork checkoff referendum Campaign for Family Farms Washington D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine - August 7, 2000 Hog farmers criticize NPPC president for lawsuit threat on checkoff vote Campaign for Family Farms Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine - March 5, 2000 Hog farmers blast USDA: Vow to get pork checkoff recall vote Campaign for Family Farms Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine - January 18, 2000 Groups start national petition drive to end mandatory pork checkoff Hog farmers question benefit of current system Campaign for Family Farms Des Moines, Iowa Published in In Motion Magazine, May 13, 1998 EPA Bows Down to Corporate Agribusiness Pressure Releases Watered-Down CAFO Rules that Endanger the Rural Environment Campaign for Family Farms and the Environments Columbia, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine, December 18, 2002 Lincoln Township vs. Premium Standard Farms A historical timeline (1994-1995) Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment Published in In Motion Magazine - January 1, 1996 Sustainable Communities: A pastoral message on Appalachia Catholic Committee of Appalachia Dickinson County, Virginia Published in In Motion Magazine - July 29, 1996 Food Sovereignty by Bill Christison Caracas, Venezuela Published in In Motion Magazine - March 5, 2006 On the publication of the study "Rethinking U.S. Agricultural Policy" by Bill Christison Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine October 5, 2003 Food and Trade Policy: Are we trading away the future? Bill Christison, Madison, Wisconsin Published in In Motion Magazine, November 30, 2002 On the tragic death of Senator Paul Wellstone Bill Christison, Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine, November 30, 2002 Family farmers express strong opposition to 2002 Farm Bill On completion of House-Senate Farm Bill negotiations on 2002 Farm Bill Bill Christison Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine, June 8, 2002 Towards the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to define their own agriculture and food policies Bill Christison United Nations New York, New York Published in In Motion Magazine, March 3, 2002. Treaty on Genetic Commons Food and Agriculture Organization presentation at the U.N. Bill Christison United Nations New York, New York Published in In Motion Magazine, March 3, 2002 Facing the world today GMO's: farm policy, patent laws, contamination, trade Interview with Bill Christison Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand Published in In Motion Magazine May 31, 2001. Opposing Genetic Engineering in New Zealand (and around the world) by Bill Christison Auckland, New Zealand / Aotearoa Published in In Motion Magazine February 25, 2001. The Trial of Jose Bove Bill Christison Millau, France Published in In Motion Magazine - August 7, 2000 The Impact of Globalization on Family Farm Agriculture The increasing role of the multi-national corporations in controlling both the inputs and the marketing of our commodities jeopardizes our very existence. Bill Christison Porto Alegre, Brazil Published in In Motion Magazine - August 1, 2000 Calling for Farm Bureau investigation Bill Christison Washington, D.C. Published in In Motion Magazine - April 22, 2000 U.S. family farm leader Bill Christison Details negative impacts of GMOs Interview by Nic Paget-Clarke Chillicothe, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine - October 29, 1999 "Farmers have a tremendous amount to gain by working with environmental groups" Bill Christison, Albuquerque, New Mexico Published in In Motion Magazine - March 28, 1999 Food Safety: Biodiversity / Fair Prices / Fair Trade Bill Christison, Chicago, Illinois Published in In Motion Magazine - December 15, 1998 Family Farmers Warn of Dangers of Genetically Engineered Crops National farm leader addresses 1st international grassroots gathering on genetic engineering, patenting of seeds Bill Christison, St. Louis, Missouri Published in In Motion Magazine - July 29, 1998 Family Farms and U.S. Trade Policy U.S. family farm leader speaks to European farmers Part 1: The Impacts on Family Farms of 20 Years of Corporate Trade Agreements Part 2: Citizen Opposition to Corporate Domination of U.S. Trade Policy Bill Christison Brussels, Belgium / Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S.A Published in In Motion Magazine - July 14, 1998 Our Stolen Future - A Book Review Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story Pat Cody Berkeley, California (cross-referenced from the Healthcare section) Published in In Motion Magazine - November 16, 1997 "A Cowboy in the Meat Business" Colorado ranch produces meat free of growth-promoting hormones, anti-biotics Interview with Mel Coleman, Sr. Photo series by Nic Paget-Clarke. Denver and Saguache, Colorado Published in In Motion Magazine - November 16, 1997 Interview with Annette Cotter GE campaigner for Greenpeace New Zealand The future is GE Free Genetically modified organisms are unpredictable, irreversible, unnecessary Wellington, Aotearoa / New Zealand Published in In Motion Magazine May 19, 2001 Genetic engineering and Maori health Different ways of managing and understanding knowledge Interview with Fiona Cram and Glenis Philip-Barbara Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand Published in In Motion Magazine May 31, 2001 Global Grassroots: Gaining Ground Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine March 20, 2003 Exposing Biotech's Big Lies Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine May 23, 2002 Market Pressure: Busting BGH and Biotech Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine March 3, 2002 Frankencorn Fight: Cautionary Tales by Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine January 27, 2002 Biotech Bullies: The Debate Intensifies by Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine August 7, 2001 Frankenfoods, Antibiotics, & Mad Cow: America's Food Safety Crisis Intensifies by Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine February 1, 2001 StarLink: More Bad News for Biotech News & Analysis on Genetic Engineering, Factory Farming, & Organics Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine November 29, 2000 Biotech Bytes: Who's Winning the Frankenfoods Fight? by Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine June 20, 2000 Victory for Organic Consumers & Farmers: The USDA Surrenders Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine April 22, 2000 Blows Against the Empire: From Oakland to Montreal Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine March 3, 2000 Global Firestorm "Genetically engineered" -- Is Frankenstein Dead? (A World Round-up) Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine October 30, 1999 Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops: Why We Need A Global Moratorium Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine August 29, 1999 Derailing the Biotech Express: U.S. & Global Activists at the Crossroads Monarch butterflies, bees & tainted pollen, EU moratorium, the "Senator from Monsanto", and much more ... Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine August 9, 1999 Global Action Intensifies Against Monsanto & the Gene Giants Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine May 4, 1999 Genetic Engineering, Factory Farming, & Organics News from Europe, India, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine March 7, 1999 Food Safety Crisis in the U.S.A. Organics Under Fire: The U.S. Debate Continues Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine February 7, 1999 Monsanto Under Attack: Part 2 Global Pressure Builds Against Monsanto Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine December 14, 1998 Monsanto Under Attack: Setbacks from Brazil, to Canada, to the U.K. Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine November 9, 1998 Slouching Toward Biodevastation: A Biotech Century? Genetically-Engineered "Frankenfoods" & Crops: Measuring the Global Resistance Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine October 7, 1998 Nuking America's Dirty Food: Another Assault on Public Health & Consumer Choice - An Opinion on Food Irradiation - Ronnie Cummins Little Marais, Minnesota Published in In Motion Magazine April 28, 1998 Monsanto and Fox TV Unite to Suppress Journalists' Free Speech on Hazards of Genetically Engineered Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH or rBST) More Biotech Blunders: Monsanto and Friends' Biotech Blunders and Disasters Continue Monsanto's "Roundup Ready" Cotton Bombs in the USA Let Them Eat Feces: Agribusiness & Government Move to Weaken Whose Organic Standards? U.S. Consumers & Farmers Battle Genetically-Engineered Soybean Economic, health & environmental impacts of Roundup-type Genetically-altered soybean harvest causes controversy Bigger is better and three other agricultural myths Selling the Farm Down Contract Creek The Thing That Ate Agriculture Report: Minnesota Lawmakers Support Alternatives to Factory Farms Farmers Police Missouri Waterways Interview with Peter Dowling of Canada's National Farmers Union Health Care Costs Take a Toll on Missouri’s Farms and Ranches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
