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Wilson: Petition Pollan to Support Harkin-Gephardt
Blog Post, November, 07 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
I've started a petition to Michael Pollan through Change.org. It calls to him in his position in the food movement, where he has a large bully pulpit. I call for him to lead food movement leaders back on course, now prior to the major work for t...
Wilson: The Myth of the Temporary Farm Bill: Thoughts on the Permanent Farm Bill
Blog Post, October, 28 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
During work on the 2008 farm bill, it was common to hear progressive advocates and mainstream media argue that the farm bill was originally intended to be temporary. Reasons why that argument does not make sense are presented.
Wilson: Europe Misunderstands Farm Subsidies
Blog Post, October, 22 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
Europeans are working to expose the injustices in their Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This is much like the work of the Environmental Working Group here. Unfortunately, they make the same errors, focusing on subsidies, which are not the key ...
Wilson: UK Guardian Misunderstands Ethanol
Blog Post, October, 22 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
Farm bill, commodity title issues are almost always misunderstood these days, and Ed Pilkington of the Guardian in the United Kingdom, is no exception. You'll find here my standard arguments and documentation. I'm posting this to encourage dialo...
Wilson: The Genius of Spirituality*
Blog Post, October, 20 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
On the occasion of the death of Shel Trapp, a master organizer from Chicago, I'm posting this piece of creative writing. In the piece Trapp is the "Master of the Geni," and Joe Fagan, recently retired from Iowa CCI, is the "Guru." Perhaps you ha...
Wilson: Got Food Subsidies? Farmers Have Long Subsidized Your Food
Blog Post, October, 11 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
As corn prizes rise again, and meat price rises are predicted, remember that farmers subsidized your food for more than a quarter century, especially 1981-2006.
Wilson: Michael Pollan Rebuttal: Four Proofs Against Pollan's Corn "Subsidy" Argument
Blog Post, October, 01 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
We find Michael Pollan all over the internet in videos. I find that he repeatedly argues that farm subsidies, specifically "subsidized corn," is the policy cause behind cheap corn that is used in high fructose corn syrup, to feed livestock in anim...
Wilson: How to Organize: A ZSpace Photo Album
Blog Post, September, 25 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
The question of how to organize effectively remains a perennial question for activists. Here is a simple example, with photos and brief text comments, that can help point the way. Does your group look like this? If not, read this blog for orien...
Wilson: False Food Films: A Video Review of Food Inc., Fresh, King Corn, and Other Video
Blog Post, September, 23 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
Recent food films such as "Fresh," "Food Inc.," and "King Corn" help us all to learn about farm and food issues. They show us clear and gut wrenching information about key problems. They fail, however, to accurately present the policy causes of ...
Wilson: Via Campesina with NFFC: Support for Fair Farm Prices
Blog Post, September, 16 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
The large international peasant movement finds key support in the United States in the National Family Farm Coalition. They're together with price floors and supply management to stop dumping, and reserves and price ceilings to stop address price...
Wilson: Hope for Arabiya
Blog Post, September, 13 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
This essay is part of a larger project which is linked at the bottom.
Wilson: Michael Pollan’s False Paradigm on Farm Subsidies
Blog Post, January, 16 2010
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
At times Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, is confusing and false about the farm bill’s Commodity Title. Here is an online example Pollan's views and writing style, which illustrates these points. The article is sometimes cite...
Wilson: Thank You Food Movement: We Must Now Move Ahead Together
Blog Post, November, 06 2009
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
We in the family farm movement are very thankful for the rise of the food movement as a major player in the farm bill. We have some serious issues to work out, some conflicts to overcome, but we can, we must, we will.
Wilson: Farm Bill FACTs: Commodity Title: A Family Farmer's View
Blog Post, November, 04 2009
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
There are a number of major myths floating around related to the farm bill, all part of a simple, clear, false paradigm. The false paradigm was widely circulated during work on the 2007-8 farm bill.
Wilson: Stuffed Foodie Movement, Starved Peasant and Family Farm Movements?
Blog Post, November, 04 2009
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
The U.S. family farm movement, which has led the controversial direct fight against corporate power and for a just share of the wealth of agriculture for farmers and peasants world wide has long been short on funding from foundations and major don...
Wilson: Al Krebs, "The Corporate Reapers:" What the Food Movement Doesn’t Know About Food Policy
Blog Post, November, 04 2009
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
The late Al Krebs monumental book, The Corporate Reapers: The Book of Agribusiness remains a giant in the field of food policy, albeit a hidden giant, full of information that remains missing in the food movement of our day.
Wilson: Impacto de la Ley AgrÃcola de la crisis agrÃcola Mundial y la Crisis Alimentaria Mundial
Blog Post, October, 25 2009
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
This is a Spanish translation of the text of my interview on You Tube.
Wilson: Impact of the Farm Bill on the World Farm Crisis and World Food Crisis
Blog Post, October, 17 2009
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
The Commodity Title is the biggest title in the Farm Bill in terms of global economic impact. The U.S. farm bill has had a huge impact on the global farm crisis and global food crisis, as I expain here.
Wilson: The Culture of Corn Farming: Two Paradigms
Blog Post, October, 15 2009
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
Corn is controversial! I was recently asked to give a corn farmers view of the world food crisis at a food conference. I gave them a lot to think about, a lot of slides and graphs, which I may get posted here (also in Spanish?) in the coming wee...
Wilson: Foodie-Farmie Coalition
Blog Post, October, 15 2009
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
In spite of vehement criticisms about each other, Foodies, as I use the word here, and what I call "Farmies" were on board together in support of key US Farm Bill (Commodity Title) policies in recent years, and more importantly, in the crucial po...
