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A Critical Moment for a Resilient Food System

May 16, 2013
The full Senate is taking up the Farm Bill debate today, and, right now, there is no language in the bill that protects funding for classical breeding and research that results in publicly owned varieties. If the Senate Farm Bill goes through in its current form, American farmers and researchers looking for publicly owned crop varieties will find themselves with almost no options.
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GMO Contamination & Organic Farmers

December 11, 2011
When Michael Sligh testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee in the fall of 2011, he talked about the need for more corporate responsibility and government oversight on the issue of GMO contamination of non-genetically engineered crops, including organic crops.
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Protecting the Food Ark

July 7, 2011
This month’s National Geographic features an article, titled Food Ark, about rapid loss of crop diversity worldwide. The […]
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Senate Agriculture Committee Celebrates 20 Years of Organic Law

September 28, 2010
On September 15, the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Organic Food Production Act. RAFI's Michael Sligh testified at this week's hearing about the past and the future of organic agriculture in the United States.
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