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PANUPS: Resource Pointer #344 (U.S. Agricultural Policy)

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Resource Pointer #344 (U.S. Agricultural Policy)

 

November 5, 2003

 

For copies of the following resources, please contact the appropriate publishers

or organizations directly.

 

*Fighting for the Farm: Rural America Transformed, 2003* Jane Adams (editor).

Examines, through the use of case studies, the history of U.S. agriculture since

the 1920s, both within and independent of the global agricultural system.

Identifies a shift in U.S. agricultural policy from a basis in economics to

incorporation of politics, including environmental and human health concerns.

338 pages. US $22.50. Contact University of Pennsylvania Press, Hopkins

Fulfillment Services, P.O. Box 50370, Hampden Station, Baltimore, MD 21211;

phone (800) 537-5487; fax (410) 516-6998; email custserv; Web

site http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/.

 

*Rethinking US Agricultural Policy: Changing Course to Secure Farmer Livelihoods

Worldwide, 2003* Daryll E. Ray, Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, and Kelly J.

Tiller. Explores the relationship between U.S. agricultural policy and depressed

crop prices which pose a threat to farmer livelihoods. Points to the 1996 Farm

Bill as causing declining prices by eliminating safeguards for managing supply

and demand. Investigates the global influence of these agricultural policies and

demonstrates that sound international agricultural policy need rely on more than

a mere elimination of subsidies, as is popularly proposed. Proposes farm

policies that would raise crop prices, as well as address issues of supply and

demand. 59 pages. Available for free download in English and Spanish at:

http://www.agpolicy.org/blueprint.html. Contact Agricultural Policy Analysis

Center, The University of Tennessee, 310 Morgan Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee

37996-4519; phone (865) 974-7407; fax (865) 974-7298; Web site

http://www.agpolicy.org/.

 

*Shafted: Free Trade and America's Working Poor, 2003* Christine Ahn (editor).

Reveals the harmful effects of trade liberalization on farmers, farm laborers,

and workers in the U.S. through first-hand accounts from those most affected by

free trade. Also includes analysis of trends and data to frame the workers'

stories. Examines the policy roots behind increasing poverty and the decline in

job security for America's workers. 94 pages. US $10. Contact Food First, 398

60th Street, Oakland, CA 94618; phone (510) 654-4400; fax (510) 654-4451; email

foodfirst; Web site http://www.foodfirst.org/.

 

*Government Policy and Farmland Markets: The Maintenance of Farmer Wealth, 2003*

Charles B. Moss and Andrew Schmitz. Asserts farmland value, independent from

crop value, as a significant factor to be considered in agricultural

policymaking. Examines the history and current state of farmland markets, and

past interactions with government policy, urbanization, and farmer livelihoods.

421 pages. US $59.95. Contact Iowa State Press, 2121 State Avenue, Ames, IA

50014; phone (800)862-6657; fax (515) 292-3348; Web site

http://www.iowastatepress.com/.

 

*Amber Waves of Gain: How the Farm Bureau is Reaping Profits at the Expense of

America's Family Farmers, Taxpayers and the Environment, 2000* Defenders of

Wildlife. Investigates the bureaucratic structure of the American Farm Bureau

Federation (AFBF) and questions their claims of neutral treatment of family

farmers, the pesticide and oil industries, farming insurance companies, and

government organizations such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. Discusses

ways in which such AFBF associations have had a negative impact on family

farmers and environmental and human health. 98 pages. Available for free

download at: http://www.defenders.org/fb/awg.html. Contact Defenders of

Wildlife, National Headquarters, 1130 17th Street, NW, Washington DC 20030;

phone (202) 682-9400; email info; Web site

http://www.defenders.org/.

 

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