Jim Goodman
Jim Goodman is a dairy farmer from Wonewoc, Wisconsin.
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Views Tuesday, April 25, 2017 NAFTA Needs To Be Replaced, Not Renegotiated The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) must be replaced with a transparent trade agreement that ensures farmers in all three nations—Canada, Mexico, and the United States—receive fair prices for their production, that consumers are guaranteed the right to know the content and origin of... Read more |
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Views Friday, August 21, 2015 Truth In Labeling—It's Our Right to Know What's in Our Food Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015. A gross misnomer, of course, since the bill's real purpose is to preempt the rights of state and local governments to pass laws requiring the mandatory labeling of genetically modified... Read more |
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Views Saturday, April 11, 2015 Has Glyphosate Met Its Waterloo? Can organic farmers can use Roundup® ? I get that question a lot. Society has been told and, it seems, really believes, that as crop chemicals go, nothing could be safer. But that's just it, using nothing is safer. And no, organic farmers can't use it, but if I could why would I want to? It is... Read more |
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Views Friday, February 06, 2015 The Re-Colonization of Africa Most of the world's food is grown by small scale farmers. While it is called "traditional" agriculture, it is never static and farmers constantly adapt. This traditional agriculture relies on a varied and changing mix of crops, a polyculture , which provides a balanced diet, is affordable for local... Read more |
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Views Monday, September 29, 2014 The Fallacy of Feeding the World Yesterday I heard someone talking about how the US has a responsibility to “feed the world”. I have a real problem with this, who gave us this mandate? The thought of the US “feeding the world” is ridiculous in so many ways, but more so, it is condescending to say the least, to the rest of the... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, July 02, 2014 "Free Trade" Champions Betray Us All Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind has apparently never met a free trade agreement he didn't like. Note it is always a “free trade” agreement, never a “fair trade” agreement. Free trade defines an agreement that has as a first (and sometimes only) priority, the best interests of corporations namely,... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Will GM Crops Collapse the Food System? When genetically modified (GM) crops were first planted commercially in 1996, they were just another technological innovation that fit well into the trend of larger farms and fewer farmers. Since weed control was a time consuming task, chemicals that killed the weeds without harming the crop struck... Read more |
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Views Sunday, February 23, 2014 'Sound Science' Deception Food is big business; everyone eats. Global food production is about profit. In the North, store shelves are always full. It's cheap, were told it's safe, healthy and suddenly it's sustainable, because sustainable sells. Read more |
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Views Friday, September 06, 2013 Passage of Trans Pacific Partnership Would Be Win for Corporations, Loss for the 99% In the early years of the United States we had, and enforced, strong trade tariffs, it was necessary to protect farmers and businesses from unfair foreign competition. Now, that we are an Empire, we demand free access to foreign markets for our small businesses and farmers. No, we demand market access for our corporations. Trade agreements are written with the financial interests of corporations in mind. Read more |
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Views Friday, December 14, 2012 Monsanto Gets Its Way in Ag Bill “The Farmers Assurance Provision” is the title of a rider, Section 733, inserted into the House of Representatives 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill. Somehow, as a farmer, I don't feel the least bit assured. The only assurance it provides is that Monsanto and the rest of the agriculture biotech industry will have carte blanche to force the government to allow the planting of their biotech seeds. Read more |