Comments for Community Food & Justice Coalition http://comfoodjustice.org Food for People, Not for Profit Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Social Networking for the Non-Profit World by Jim Ginther http://comfoodjustice.org/2011/08/03/social-networking-for-the-non-profit-world/#comment-1462 Jim Ginther Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:05:37 +0000 http://cafoodjustice.org/?p=1304#comment-1462 I agree

]]> Comment on Subsidies, Food, and National Security by Lotta Chan http://comfoodjustice.org/2011/07/22/subsidies-food-and-national-security/#comment-1330 Lotta Chan Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:09:30 +0000 http://cafoodjustice.org/?p=1230#comment-1330 Great points Michael. I have actually found a list compiled by the Environmental Working Group that details the Congress members’ farm subsidies over the years: http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2011/03/farm-subsidies-paid-to-the-members-of-the-112th-congress/

I haven’t come across anything from the military on the national security implications of dependence on foreign food. It can be a concern, especially as I said the US is importing more and more fruits and vegetables. But we are also giving away large amounts of our harvest. The point is we need a diversity and balance of crops.

]]> Comment on Subsidies, Food, and National Security by Michael Goldberg http://comfoodjustice.org/2011/07/22/subsidies-food-and-national-security/#comment-1249 Michael Goldberg Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:35:39 +0000 http://cafoodjustice.org/?p=1230#comment-1249 Well said, thank you for the specifics on Noem and Hartzler’s take at the trough. I’d like to see a complete list of sitting congressperson’s families’ take in farm subsidies, I think we have some opportunity to make this a more visible part of the fight.
Those kinds of attacks of course not as important as the excellent framing you provide in terms of the economy and national security. “Too Fat to Fight” is part of it for sure – but so is the over-dependence on food from foreign (and distant domestic) sources. I know the DoD thinks about this too – anyone have a line on anything published by military about those national security implications?

]]> Comment on Why Fruit and Vegetable Incentives Really Matter by Ruby http://comfoodjustice.org/2011/07/15/why-fruit-and-vegetable-incentives-really-matter/#comment-1047 Ruby Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:32:27 +0000 http://cafoodjustice.org/?p=1142#comment-1047 Awesome! Sometimes education isn’t enough, people vote with their dollars, so a market-based approach may be key in shifting the agricultural paradigm!

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