Agriculture
Supporting policies that increase food freedom and access to markets for our farmers and producers.
Headline Of The Day: “Orange County offering free money to small business and farm programs”
From the Triangle Business Journal: Orange County offering free money to small business and farm programs The story: The county has, so far, about $200,000 in the kitty for small…
The Farm Bureau takes on EPA’s new land grabbing water rules
Don’t let anyone fool you, the EPA’s new rules under the Clean Water Act in reality have little to do with water. Their purpose is to put as much land…
Farm bill foibles
In a development that P.J. O’Rourke could have predicted, the farm bill that’s oozing out of congressional debate and negotiation is likely to benefit special interests while doing little for…
When bipartisanship is bad: Farm bill edition
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute explains for National Review Online readers why it’s not always good for voters and taxpayers when members of Congress work across the aisle to…
Guilford County prison farm- aka ‘Project Haystack’
Burlington Times-News reports on discussion of a regional partnership to develop the Guilford County prison farm: Officials from Alamance and Guilford counties met on Oct. 2 in Raleigh with N.C.…
Unintended consequences from the federal farm bill could hurt hunters
You might have to sit down before considering this shocking revelation: The federal farm bill could have negative unintended consequences. The R Street Institute explains. Since 1985, the U.S. Department…