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Land grant university downplays responsibility to farming - 0 views

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  • pjt111 taylor on 23 Apr 12
     
    Occupy the Farm Activists Reclaim Prime Urban Agricultural Land in SF Bay Area. Category: Comments from The Berkeley Daily Planet
  • Rhoda Maurer on 24 Apr 12
     
    This is interesting... UC Berkley of all places. I wonder what their side of the story is and why they don't want to support a sustainable farm program.
Rhoda Maurer

Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure to U.S. Agriculture - 0 views

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'agricultural research' 'policy making' 'research' 'USA' 'extension service' ''public sector

shared by Rhoda Maurer on 04 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Rhoda Maurer on 04 Mar 12
     
    Committee of examine whether publicly funded agricultural research has influenced the structure of U.S. agriculture and if so, how. They also looked at the role of public-sector agricultural research on changes in the size and numbers of farms. Chapter 5 is of particular interest as it investigates the role of extension policy. There is a free executive summary and the book can be read online from this site.
Rhoda Maurer

Insect pollinators contribute $29 billion to U.S. farm income - 0 views

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shared by Rhoda Maurer on 22 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Rhoda Maurer on 22 Jun 12
     
    Cornell University monetary value study on pollination contributions to US Agriculture.
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