The response in my high-rise farming thread, the food desert ads on Hulu, and the recent news items about working poor on food stamps sent me on a search for more information about these food deserts. The CDC and the USDA have slightly different definitions of a 'food desert.' CDC: Food...

http://occupycorporatism.com/usda-secretary-validates-agenda-21-says-rural-america-less-and-less-relevant/ Tom Vilsack, secretary of USDA stated that rural America has become “less and less relevant.” ... “It’s time for us to have an adult conversation with folks in rural America. It’s time...

USDA preview. $17.59 corn & $55.09 soybeans?! The article states that these are the prices that corn and soybeans could be worth based on the current U.S. drought. But they also say that it would be closer to $9.49 to $11.00/bushel for corn and around $19.95/bushel for soybeans, Regardless...

This poor girl comes to school with a lunch her mother made and it ends up that the state lunch inspector was inspecting lunches that day. What happens? Her lunch is found in violation and replaced with what the state deems nutritious. CHICKEN FREAKING NUGGETS!!! What are your thoughts on...

The following article describes the expected soaring rise in food prices to hit countries all over the world and the possibility future food riots. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41062817/ns/business-consumer_news There is quite a bit of information hinted at "between the lines" here. It's very...

I have been seeing it on a few other forums. The president announced that the Federal NAIS policies of the USDA have been canceled. We had based a lot of our homestead strategy on methods to get around NAIS microchipping. We are now very glad that it is dead. Federal registration of every...

Hello all. I just found what looks like a great book at the local library. It's called Living on an Acre: A Practical Guide to the Self-Reliant Life. It's from the USDA. This is the updated version of their 1978 Yearbook of Agriculture called Living on a Few Acres that was dedicated to that...