This map tells us of US farmers who received more than one million dollar in farm subsidies in the ten year period between 2008 and 2017 -- Pic courtesy ForbesAt a time when the US President Donald Trump has slammed India for its “high tariffs”...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
US Farm Bill 2018 -- time to link tariff reduction with subsidy elimination
Monday, July 29, 2019
The Mighty Himalayas Are Shrinking
Himalayan glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate -- Pic Al JazeeraAn ode to a dead glacier. Well, that’s exactly what scientists in Iceland plan to do. On Aug 18, scientists from Rice University and Iceland are planning to put up a memorial...
Monday, July 22, 2019
Will agro-ecological farming usher in the fourth agricultural revolution?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s mention of “zero budget” in farming when she announced the focus areas in agriculture while presenting her first budget has come at a time when a major report – Our Future in the Land – by RSA Food, Farming and Countryside...
Friday, July 19, 2019
Do we call Trump a racist?I've been reading a number of thought-provoking articles this week about the appropriateness of using the term "racist" to describe the president and/or his tweets.In a thoughtful piece on NPR, Keith Woods recommends foregoing...
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Make no mistake: Only agriculture has the potential to reboot the economy
Paul Krugman shared this graph on Twitter how ineffective Corporate tax cuts have been in America. At a time when Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz says that neo-liberalism is ‘dead and buried’, and the world as a result is increasingly grappling with...
Monday, July 8, 2019
Horrifying photos sometimes necessary“The first time I saw the picture, I looked away quickly, shocked. The second time I saw it, tears welled up in my eyes.”While these words accurately describe my reaction to seeing the awful photo of Óscar Alberto...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Summertime Expulsion Timelines- How Long Can A District Wait To Hold A Summer Expulsion Hearing And The Hearing Still Be Legal?
By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995Have you ever wondered if your child may escape expulsion if he or she does something just before summer vacation? Maybe they can skate by and the discipline will be forgotten? ...
Monday, July 1, 2019
Budget 2019: Ease of Doing Farming
Considering that nearly 50 per cent of the country is reeling under a serious drought, with June being one of the five hottest months in the past 100 years, and with growth in real farm incomes remaining almost ‘near zero’ in the past seven years, the...
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