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Ken Cook

Ken Cook is president of Environmental Working Group, a public interest research and advocacy organization known for its Farm Subsidy Database. The author of dozens of articles, opinion pieces and reports on agricultural, public health and environmental topics, "[Cook's] fingerprints can be found on nearly two decades of U.S. farm law" (Omaha World Herald). Read more about Ken.

Craig Cox

Craig Cox is EWG Midwest Vice President. He Mulches from EWG's office in Ames, IA. Prior to EWG, Craig served as Executive Director of the Soil and Water Conservation Society and was Acting USDA Deputy Under-Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and Special Assistant to the Chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Michelle Perez

Michelle Perez is EWG's Senior Agriculture Analyst. She has a BA in Biology from Occidental, a Masters from the University of Maryland (UMD) and is finishing up a PhD in agricultural-environmental policy at UMD.

Don Carr

Don Carr is EWG's Press Secretary for agriculture and public lands issues. Prior to EWG, Don worked as a Communications Director for the DNC in his home state of South Dakota and on former Senate Leader Tom Daschle's 2004 reelection campaign.

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Will this be California's Farm Bill?

The editorial page of the San Francisco Chronicle weighed in on the 2007 farm bill the other day.

Here's the passage that caught my eye.

Both Republican and Democrats have argued that the 2007 farm bill should widen the field of crops that qualify for payments, as it is not fair to use federal dollars to prop up wheat, but not carrots. As a Californian, Pelosi has reason to support federal subsidies for fruits, nuts and veggies. The challenge to the new Congress will be to be fairer to a broader range of farmers without raising the tab to all taxpayers.

If California agriculture seriously engages in this farm bill, it will be a first. And it could change the political dynamics dramatically if the state's delegation presses for something resembling the agenda laid out by the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance.

In other words, maybe California will stop being...
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Posted by Cook on December 29, 2006 11:46 AM |

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