| Farm Policy |
| 06/22/06 |
| Getting Local Connecticut Food into the Market |
| Jiff Martin, AFT's New England Field Representative, and Connecticut dairy farmer Robin Chesmer are guests on John Dankosky's Where We Live program on WNPR. They talk about getting local food into the market and efforts to boost the state's local agricultural industry. Audio recording: [MP3, 40.1MB, 43:48] |
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| 05/09/2006 |
| AFT President Ralph Grossi Discusses Opportunities for the 2007 Farm Bill |
| DTN On Air show—Ralph Grossi, the first guest, speaks about opportunities for the 2007 Farm Bill in this hour-long call-in show that covers the usage of farmland and thoughts about the farm bill. Audio recording: [MP3, 3.26MB, 57:00] |
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| 05/08/06 |
| AFT
President Ralph Grossi Is Joined
by Former U.S. Agriculture
Secretaries and Midwest Farm Leaders
to Endorse New American Farmland
Trust Policies for the 2007 Farm
Bill |
| VIDEO
WEBCAST: News Conference/Teleconference
on the week of the 73rd anniversary of
the first farm bill, to detail AFT's new framework
and vision for 21st century farm policy. |
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| 05/01/06 |
| Michigan Farm Radio Network Interview with AFT President Ralph Grossi |
Michigan Farm Radio Network's coverage of Karen Tremble's interview with AFT President Ralph Grossi during the National Association of Farm Bureaus Issues Forum in Washington, D.C. Audio recording: [MP3, 2.24MB, 2:27]
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| 05/01/2006 |
| Opportunities to Redirect Farm Policy: Interview with AFT President Ralph Grossi |
| Ralph Grossi speaks about the 2007 Farm Bill and AFT's recommendations for this once-in-a-generation opportunity to redirect farm policy during an interview with Colleen Callahan of WGFA, Watseka, IL. Audio recording: [MP3, 10.6MB, 11:40] |
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| 11/04/05 |
| Farm
Policy Discussion with AFT President Ralph
Grossi: Potential Changes and Benefits |
| U.S. taxpayers spend 15 to
20 billion dollars a year on farm subsidies, much of which goes to the biggest growers.
With mounting international pressure
to open markets, some U.S. officials
want to reduce subsidies.
Farmland protection groups would like
some of those funds shifted into conservation
practices that protect air, water and wildlife. Audio recording. |
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| FARMLAND
PROTECTION |
| 10/27/06 |
| Leelanau
County (MI) PDR |
| The
Michigan NOW broadcast journalism program
generously allowed us to post this story
about the efforts of Leelanau County
farmers to develop a PDR (Purchase of
Development Rights) program to help protect
farmland in their area. Audio recording
[MP3, 5.37MB] |
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| 06/16/06 |
| Bob Wagner, Managing Director for Field Programs, on the Loss of Florida Farmland |
| AFT's Bob Wagner is a guest expert on the WUSF public radio program Florida Matters. This edition focuses on Florida's disappearing farmland. Can Florida agriculture find ways to coexist with development? |
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| 06/06/06 |
| Balancing Growth for City and Country |
| Mark Haim, host of Evening Edition on KOPN in Columbia, Missouri, hosts Bob Wagner, AFT's Managing Director for Field Programs, to discuss balancing growth and maintaining open space and productive farmland near Columbia, Missouri. Audio recording: [MP3, 10.7MB, 59:41] |
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| Spring
2004 |
| President
Ralph Grossi Speaking to the American
Planning Association on Why We Need
to Protect Farmland |
| Audio
recording: [MP3, 2.5 MB, 2:30] |
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