Farm Bill Gains and Missed Opportunities

Local and regional food systems, organics, healthy food access, and rural development all received improved funding under the new farm bill as well as suffered from missed opportunities in the very influential legislation.

Part of a “Farm Bill Drill Down” series from the national Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, follow this link to find an exceptionally thorough and clear summary on the new farm bill’s provisions concerning the above areas:  http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/2014-farmbill-local-rd-organic/?utm_source=roundup&utm_medium=email