The Farm Bill, up for reauthorization this year, is one of the most influential pieces of federal legislation affecting how our country eats, uses land, produces energy, and relates with other countries. Learn more about the Farm Bill, and how you can weigh in, by checking out the following links:

Om Organics offers a concise summary of the farm bill and a 2007 action guide that explains pending legislation: http://omorganics.org/

The Sustainable Agriculture Coalition website summarizes the Coalition’s platform and features a farm bill primer: http://sustainableagriculturecoalition.org/

The California Coalition for Food and Farming offers information and e-mail action alerts: http://calfoodandfarming.org/

American Farmland Trust’s Farm and Food Policy Campaign webpage includes policy recommendations, action alerts, policy discussions, and more: http://www.farmland.org/

Send a simple message supporting healthy, fresh, and local food at this website sponsored by the Farm and Food Policy Project: http://healthyfarmbill.org/

FarmPolicy.com offers a daily summary of farm policy news: http://www.farmpolicy.com/

Christopher Cook’s Food Bill recommendations for San Francisco, published in the SF Bay Guardian: http://www.sfbg.com/

You Are What You Grow: an article about the Food Bill written by Michael Pollan, published in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/

Download an mp3 audio recording of CUESA's Farm Bill panel discussion on June 6, 2007

A Pivotal Time for What We Eat: Why the farm bill matters and how you can act now
A farmer, a chef, and food and farm advocates discuss the 2007 Farm (and Food) Bill’s impacts on farms, consumers, and the health of our nation. Find out what’s going on with the Farm Bill right now, why it matters, and how you can make a difference. Time is running out for influencing legislation that will shape our entire food system.

Speakers:
Larry Cohen, Director, Prevention Institute
Ann Cooper, “Renegade Lunch Lady” of the Berkeley Unified School District and author of Lunch Lessons
Grant Brians, Farmer, Heirloom Organic Gardens
Paula Jones, Director, San Francisco Food Systems
Kari Hamerschlag, Policy Director, California Coalition for Food and Farming