The Hand That Feeds U.S.
April 27, 2012
Bookmark & Share:           
Crop Insurance 101
 
Earlier this week, National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) released the first of what is to be a series of educational videos explaining the importance of crop insurance and its functionality among American agriculture.
 
In this video, aptly titled "Crop Insurance 101," Tom Zacharias, president of NCIS, reviews the history of the program, why it was created, and why Congress should "do no harm" to it in the upcoming Farm Bill.
 
Before crop insurance existed, Zacharias explains, disaster would strike and farmers would be forced to go to Congress for help. Congress would then have to pass disaster legislation and appropriate funds, which would then be passed on to the USDA where a program would be put in place to finally, pay the farmers whose crop had been destroyed.

[READ THE FULL STORY]
 
Picky Eaters Rest Easy—America's Food is Safe, Secure and Slime-Free
 
Hot dogs compared to cigarettes, sugar compared to cocaine, lean beef referred to as "pink slime."
 
We can't be the only ones who have noticed that certain food-related stories seem to be a little dramatic of late.
 
Exaggeration in the media isn't exactly new, but seems poorly timed considering the uncertain state of the Farm Bill, the impending task of feeding 9 billion people in less than 40 years and the fact that our nation's economic recovery—which is tied to our agricultural production—hangs in the balance.
 
Food safety is no laughing matter—though to people at risk of dying from consumption of unsafe food in third world countries every day, this recent hysteria over "pink slime" might be.
 
First, the correct term for the product in question is "lean finely textured beef" or (LFTB). When it is processed, explains the American Meat Institute (AMI), we start with beef—the fat is spun away, much like lettuce in a salad-spinner...

[READ THE FULL STORY]
 
Spotlight on Idaho
 
It may have made a name for itself because of its mineral treasure, but before it was "the Gem State," it was home to one of the most famous people to ever live off American land.
 
Its agricultural resources have served this country ever since President Jefferson sent two men named Lewis and Clark west to find something—anything—that the United States might be able to build an economy upon.
 
But when the Corps of Discovery reached the headwaters of the Missouri River, it became clear that help navigating the territory and interpreting the native languages was needed. So the explorers stopped and hired a fur trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau, and his wife, Sacagawea, in what was referred to as the Mandan territory—or, Idaho.

[READ THE FULL STORY]
 
CONTENTS
Crop Insurance 101
Picky Eaters Rest Easy—America's Food is Safe, Secure and Slime-Free
Spotlight on Idaho
Our Web Site
Home
Farm to Fork
Farm to Fuel
Farmers
Co-ops
Ag Opponents
The Harvest Series
Farming in America
Farming Around The Globe
The Green Series
About Us
Get Involved
Contact Us
For Reporters
News Releases
Letters to the Editor
Press Kit
Spokespeople
Contact
Multimedia
Video Room
Audio Room
Social Media
RSS & Podcast
Subscribe to Newsletter
Follow us on Twitter
Reporters Please Contact...
Megan Mitchell

Phone: 202-507-8256
Fax: 202-403-3793

 
ARCHIVE
March 2012
March 29, 2012
February 2012
February 22, 2012
January 2012
January 31, 2012

[MORE]
Published by The Hand That Feeds U.S.
Copyright © 2012 The Hand That Feeds U.S.. All rights reserved.
TELL A FRIEND

RSS Feed
Created with Inbox Group