Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C29969
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Via Food Systems Insider. 4 pages., Author critiques a government program intended to connect consumers more closely with farmers and food, especially through local sources.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07333
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Pages 119-143 in Anna-Katharina Hornidge and Christoph Antweiler (eds.), Environmental uncertainty and local knowledge: Southeast Asia as a laboratory of global ecological change. Transcript, Bielefeld, Germany. 284 pages., Examines farmer adaptation to traditional weather knowledge and "modern" meteorological information.
Nasr, Noureddine (author), Hdaidi, El Ayech (author), and Ayed, Ali Ben (author)
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Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
Tunisia
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01210
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Pages 293-299 in Waters-Bayer (eds.), Farmer innovation in Africa: a source of inspiration for agricultural development. Earthscan Publications, Ltd., London, England. 362 pages.
2 pages, via Online journal, Every morning I wake up like thousands of others wondering if what I am experiencing is just a bad dream. As I move into the day I am acutely aware that it is not a bad dream and that I as a farmer and an activist have a responsibility to make this devastating situation better.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30262
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7 pages., "If more of our news is going to be produced by non-traditional sources - like NGOs who have an interest in promoting their own agenda - how can news consumers sort through their sources and figure out who to believe?"
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11718
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Online via AgriMarketing Weekly from the Certified Agriculture Dealer (CAD) Program and partner RFD-TV. 2 pages., Release announces "the first live national farm show that includes both the local and virtual aspect for farmers and ranchers to participate in the best way that suits their operations."
Cover article in Time magazine critical of the food and farming system and practices. Created controversy, in part, for lack of objectivity and balance within the context of a news magazine cover story. Note: Article also identified as "Getting real about the high price of cheap food."
