Learn more about the Farm Bill:

Note: Most of these sources are about the 2018 Farm Bill

BOOKS

Peter Lehner and Nathan Rosenberg: Farming for Our Future: The Science, Law, and Policy of Climate-Neutral Agriculture (Environmental Law Institute), 2021

Daniel Imhoff: The Farm Bill, A Citizens Guide, 2019

 

VIDEOS AND WEBINARS

Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet | NYT Opinion  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOcLyyVyb6o

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: What Is the Farm Bill?  https://sustainableagriculture.net/our-work/campaigns/fbcampaign/what-is-the-farm-bill/

Peter Lehners 50-minute presentation that explains the Farm Bills opportunities and failures; https://video.earthxtv.com/shows/law-nature/season/2/episode/1 

Sierra Club: The True Cost of Food  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REXdVTIo3eg

 

WEBSITES

Civil Eats – Will Next Farm Bill Move the Needle on Climate Change  https://civileats.com/2022/02/09/field-report-farm-bill-climate-action-vegan-fridays-meatpackers-usda-csp-eqip/

Congressional Research Service What Is the Farm Bill:  https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/RS22131.pdf

Earthjustice  https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2018/earthjustice-statement-on-farm-bill-agreement

“This year’s Farm Bill is just the start. Earthjustice stands with its allies in the sustainable food, farmworker, and forestry communities who are calling on Congress to take even more steps toward a clean and just future for all. Our workers, air and water, wildlife, and lands deserve it.”

Environmental Working Group  EWG Farm Subsidy Database || Home

Farm Bureau (a Republican Organization): Farm Bill Resources in Depth  https://www.fb.org/issues/farm-policy/farm-bureau-farm-bill-resources-in-depth/

Food and Water Watch: Farm Bill 101  https://foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/farm_bill_101_report_jan_2012.pdf

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition:  https://sustainableagriculture.net/our-work/campaigns/fbcampaign/what-is-the-farm-bill/

Food Waste Reduction in 2018 Farm Bill:  https://www.nrdc.org/experts/joanne-berk:enkamp/food-waste-reduction-scores-big-farm-bill

Rockefeller Foundation True Cost of Food:  https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/report/true-cost-of-food-measuring-what-matters-to-transform-the-u-s-food-system/

Sierra Club:  https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/what-you-need-know-about-new-farm-bill

U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer: The U.S. Food and Farm Act:  https://blumenauer.house.gov/food-and-farm-act

 

WEBSITES NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE FARM BILL

CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute:  https://www.cunyurbanfoodpolicy.org/

Heather Ridge Farm:  https://www.heather-ridge-farm.com

State Senator Michelle Hinchey:  https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/michelle-hinchey