http://www.wunderground.com/blog/sustainableag/show.html Weather Underground RSS Feed for sustainableag's Blog Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:42:00 GMT Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:42:00 GMT 15 http://www.wunderground.com/blog/sustainableag/comment.html?entrynum=4 http://www.wunderground.com/blog/sustainableag/comment.html?entrynum=4 For many years, the Keep Antibiotics Working Campaign  – a coalition of health, consumer, agricultural, environmental, humane, and other advocacy groups — has worked to eliminate the inappropriate use of antimicrobials, including antibiotics, in food animals.  This use has been flagged as a major cause of resistance in numerous pathogens to antibiotics that are important in the treatment of disease in humans.
One major area of concern is the ro... <br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/sustainableag/comment.html?entrynum=4">Read More</a>]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:42:00 GMT http://www.wunderground.com/blog/sustainableag/comment.html?entrynum=3 http://www.wunderground.com/blog/sustainableag/comment.html?entrynum=3 Dear Supporter,
Unless the Senate acts to fix the situation next week, 2013 is on track to be the worst setback for sustainable agriculture in years.  Opportunities for farmers to implement smart conservation practices will be severely limited.  Training opportunities for the next generation of beginning and minority farmers will dry up.  Microloans to the very small businesses that drive economic recovery in rural America will cease.  Organic farming re... <br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/sustainableag/comment.html?entrynum=3">Read More</a>]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 18:02:00 GMT