"Farmers' lack of market power is the real enemy, so farmers and ranchers must work together to gain bargaining power, because, without it, independent farmers have little hope of survival." Mentions issue of farm organizations, agricultural trade and commodity groups misrepresenting their interests to Congress and policy makers by posing as the family farmer.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29240
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Via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Organization criticizes lack of balance and one-sided reporting in a cover story, " America's food crisis and how to fix it," in Time magazine.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25987
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Article published in the Times-News, Hendersonville, North Carolina. 2 pages., Describes results of two roundtables that brought the newspaper together with readers "to examine questions of the public's trust in journalism."
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?"
