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Contract Poultry Farmers Speak Out, Get Heard
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Contract poultry farmers from across the Southeast spoke out for new contract regulations at a United States Department of Agriculture Hearing on Agriculture and Antitrust ...
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The National Organic Standards Turn 20.mp4
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The National Organic Standards Act turned 20 on November 28, 2010. Michael Sligh, Just Foods Program Director at RAFI and chair of the first National Organic Standards Boar...
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Why Corn And Not Tomatoes - Part 3: Elasticity
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Part III: Elasticity
The scale of commodity production is much larger than that of fruits and vegetables. Each farmer grows an extraordinarily small percentage of the mark...
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Why Corn And Not Tomatoes - Part 5: Fairness in Unfair Markets
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Part V: Fairness and Fair Markets
There are multiple different ways that the government can provide fairness in the commodities market. This video describes what methods t...
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Why Corn And Not Tomatoes - Part 4: Concentrated Markets
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Part IV: Concentration
A small number of companies own a very large portion of the commodities industry, allowing them to manipulate the prices in the marketplace. This vi...
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Why Corn And Not Tomatoes - Part 2: Perishability
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Part II: Perishability
One of the main differences between commodities crops and fruits and vegetables is that commodities are not perishable. This video describes why thi...
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Why Corn And Not Tomatoes - Part 1: Defining the Question
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Part I: Introduction
The Farm Bill spends millions of dollars on commodities programs and not on fruits and vegetables for many reasons. In order to understand the reasons...
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Debt, Upgrades, and the Contract Poultry Industry
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Kay Doby testifies about her experiences as a poultry grower at a USDA/DOJ hearing.
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Crop Insurance and Organic Agriculture
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John and Russ Vollmer, of the Vollmer Farm in Bunn, NC, along with Scott Marlow of RAFI-USA share their thoughts on the need for risk management and crop insurance for orga...
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Windrow Composting - Dan Campeau (NC Cooperative Extension)
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Excerpt from a workshop sponsored by the Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA) and NC Cooperative Extension Services. The workshop discussed viable alte...
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