81. Family Farms Or Factory Farms FACTORY FARMS OR family farms An open letter from western Wisconsin5/99 more on factory farm issues There has been a lot of debate http://www.wsn.org/factoryfarm/factfarmltr.html

FACTORY FARMS OR FAMILY FARMS An open letter from western Wisconsin more on factory farm issues There has been a lot of debate in Martell Township (Pierce County) about this subject the last few months. The issues have included farmer versus non-farmer, environmentalist versus anti-environmentalist, resident versus non-resident and combinations of the above. The debates have strained relationships between families, friends and neighbors. I grew up on a farm in Martell Township where we raised chickens, beef, hogs, cash crops and milked 36 head of dairy cows. I have often questioned leaving the farm and how my life might have been different if I had stayed. Things were a lot simpler then. The meat, eggs and milk all came from local farms so there was no question about quality. A lot of grocery bills were paid with a side of beef or a case of eggs. Times have changed along with the way farm products are marketed. We are now told that factory farms are the only way farmers can make a living in a global market. We’ve been told that housing developments are the biggest threat to family farms by driving up the price of land. I’m sure most farmers are aware of the following information but a lot of concerned non-farmers are not. A group of residents in Martell Township and I are very concerned about the proposed dairy operation that Mr. Dean Doornick wants to build in Martell Township. The facility will contain 850 cows on 45 acres of land. The five million gallons of liquid manure will be stored in clay lined lagoons. This type of lagoon is legally allowed to leak a certain amount under the existing permit regulations.

82. Sawtelle Family Farms Where Pleasure is a Passion. SFF is a family owned and operated facilitylocated in central Maine. We invite you to enter our website http://www.sffqh.com/

Quarter Horses Where Pleasure is a Passion SFF is a family owned and operated facility located in central Maine. We invite you to enter our website and take a look at our performance line and sales list including the bloodlines of Blazing Hot, Barpassers Image, Willy Be Invited, and Formal Conclusion . It is a privilege to be a member of the AQHA and to represent these world class performers through our line. We are also authorized dealers of Blue Seal Feeds and Needs, Select Supplements, and Royal Wire. Thank you for visiting with us and drop us a line , we would love to hear your comments. Enter Links Dedicated to the Promotion of the American Quarter Horse SFFQH Website Created by Marge Sawtelle. Revised: 20 Dec 2002 18:15:15 -0800

83. Markes Family Farms Breeders of Gelbvieh cattle. Located in Waukomis, Oklahoma, USA. http://www.markesfamilyfarms.com/

Welcome to Markes Family Farms: Oklahoma's Largest Gelbvieh Breeder!! Chris R. Markes Route 2, Box 20 Waukomis, Oklahoma 73773 Phone: (580) 758-1519 E-Mail: chris@markesfamilyfarms.com

84. Forsythe Family Farms Jim, Leslie, James, Daniel and all our staff are happy to welcome you to FORSYTHEfamily farms. Forsythe family farms. 10539 Kennedy Rd. Unionville L6C 1N8. http://www.forsythefamilyfarms.com/farms/

Jim, Leslie, James, Daniel and all our staff are happy to welcome you to FORSYTHE FAMILY FARMS. Located on Kennedy Rd in Markham, Jim is celebrating close to 30 years of growing for the GTA. We strive to be part of our customers traditions by creating a friendly, safe environment where people can enjoy the basics of farm life - wholesome food and time spent together as a family. Our goal- bring people back to their rural roots and have fun doing it. On our farm we offer a farm market pick your own from our fields school tours corporate picnics a great family outing October Harvest Festival LOTS OF FUN FOR THE KIDS!!!!! farm animals 2 playgrounds hayloft playhouse tricycle track Bunnyville each weekend from May till mid November enjoy our Enchanted Forest and wagon rides. HOME OUR STORY MARKET SEASONS ... FIND US Forsythe Family Farms 10539 Kennedy Rd. Unionville L6C 1N8

85. Farm Disaster ResourceNet: News: 'Going Organic' Could Strengthen Family Farms Seed and Nursery Co. Since 1892! 'Going organic' could strengthenfamily farms. By Susan Kim Disaster News Network BALTIMORE (Jan. http://www.farmdisasters.org/news/news.php?entry=29

86. Farm Policies Favor Agribuisiness Over Family Farms Farm policies favor agribuisiness over family farms. The adverse impacts from currentfarm policies on traditional family farms do not end there, Hoyer said. http://www.citact.org/goliath.html

David vs. Goliath Farm policies favor agribuisiness over family farms H andicapped by state and federal farm policies that favor giant agribusiness, Indiana's small- to medium-sized farms face a constant struggle for economic survival. "Market prices paid by agribusiness corporations are well below farmer production costs," said CAC's Regional and Statewide Farm Coordinator Jim Hoyer. "Therefore, farmers must rely on government payments for cash flow. But the bulk of these payments end up going to the largest producers, forcing smaller farms to either call it quits or seek significant sources of off-farm income." Hoyer coordinates the Campaign for Economic Justice, which seeks to help farmers generate livable incomes through farm policies that encourage fair market prices. "Currently, there is no mechanism that would force grain buyers to pay farmers a decent price for corn, soybeans, or wheat," said Hoyer. "In order to survive without government subsidies, Hoosier farmers would have to receive almost $3.50 a bushel for corn. However, Cargill is paying less than $2 a bushel. They're basically stealing our farmers' grain, but they aren't passing that savings on to consumers, who see increasing prices at the grocery store." The Campaign for Economic Justice has partnered with the newly formed National Farm Action Campaign (NFAC) to advocate for major changes in federal farm policy that would correct that uncompetitive situation. Their program would force large grain buying corporations like Cargill, Con-Agra, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Tyson to pay Hoosier farmers a fair price for commodities.

87. Campaign For Family Farms Urges Hog Farmers To Vote NO On Checkoff Referendum Campaign for family farms Urges Hog Farmers to vote NO on Checkoff ReferendumInperson voting begins this week. CONTACT Land Stewardship http://www.landstewardshipproject.org/pr/newsr_091900.html

Campaign for Family Farms Urges Hog Farmers to vote NO on Checkoff Referendum: In-person voting begins this week CONTACT: Land Stewardship Project, 612-722-6377 or 507-342-2323 The Campaign for Family Farms, a coalition of family farm organizations and independent pork producers, is urging hog farmers to participate in the referendum to end the mandatory pork checkoff. The Campaign urges those who have not voted absentee to vote in-person on Sept. 19, 20 and 21 at their local Farm Services Agency office. Hog farmers who have requested absentee ballots but who have not returned them must do so by Sept. 21. More than 20,000 hog farmers have joined the Campaign for Family Farms in the effort to end this mandatory pork tax. Since the mandatory checkoff began, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has collected $500,000,000, two out of three hog farmers have gone out of business, hog farmers' share of the retail dollar has plummeted, and margins have become paper thin. NPPC has supported vertical integration and packer ownership of livestock and has blocked legislation that will make markets open and fair for independent family farms. "While the mandatory pork checkoff was supposed to increase producer profitability, it has actually helped to rip the bottom out of the hog market and support increasing packer control of the industry," said Wabasso pork producer Paul Sobocinski, a member of the Land Stewardship Project. "We need a voluntary system that allows producers to direct promotion or research dollars to fit their own production and marketing strategies. We are urging producers to vote no and end the mandatory pork checkoff."

88. LSP ACTION ALERT! TAKE ACTION FOR FAMILY FARMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Call Your U. TAKE ACTION FOR family farms AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Call Your US Senators Today! TAKEACTION FOR family farms AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Call Your US Senators Today! http://www.landstewardshipproject.org/pr/03/newsr_030113.html

TAKE ACTION FOR FAMILY FARMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Call Your U.S. Senators Today! Dear LSP member: ACTION ALERT ISSUE: The U.S. Senate is likely to take up the agricultural funding bill for 2003 very soon - perhaps as early as Wednesday, January 15. An amendment may be offered to the "FY 03 Agricultural Appropriations Bill" (as the funding bill is called) to reduce the payment limitation for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) from $450,000 per farm to $200,000 per farm (or possibly some other amount). We need to support such an amendment, as it would greatly decrease the ill-advised subsidy of factory farms that EQIP currently delivers. BACKGROUND: EQIP is a farm bill conservation program, reauthorized in the 2002 farm bill. Unfortunately, in 2002, proponents of factory farms in the U.S. House and Senate made the program into a subsidy program for large-scale livestock expansion, in part by increasing the payment limit for EQIP nine-fold - from $50,000 per farm to $450,000 per farm - and by making the money available for new factory farm expansion and construction. As a result, in 2002, the USDA has paid out EQIP contracts in the $200,000-$450,000 range going to factory farms. This is a direct taxpayer subsidy to the industrialization of agriculture and the environmental damage caused by these huge waste factories.

89. To The Point: Death Tax Kills Family Farms And Wildlife Death Tax Kills family farms and Wildlife. With family farms struggling to stayalive, fragmenting the land to pay the taxes can be the death knell. http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org/Publications/ToThePoint/2000/041700.htm

si@sutherlandinstitute.org Home Publications To The Point ... Search! To The Point April 17, 2000, TTP 00-09 Death Tax Kills Family Farms and Wildlife By Clay J. Landry and J. Bishop Grewell With Tax Day and Earth Day not a week apart, we thought it appropriate to look at how one tax is slowly slaying Mother Nature's critters. It seems fitting that the federal estate tax is also known as the "death tax." This final audit from the Internal Revenue Service—levied once we are in the grave—can also be the death knell for countless farms, ranches, small businesses, and perhaps surprisingly, free-roaming wildlife. While the number may vary in Utah due to the high percentage of publicly owned land, nearly 75 percent of all wildlife and half of all endangered species in the United States live on private lands and more often than not agricultural lands. Farmers and ranchers not only provide the food on our tables, but they also offer up the open spaces and forage areas that wildlife need. In many of the drier parts of Utah, they provide the only watering holes for wildlife, too. The federal estate tax, however, threatens to close down these landowners and the habitat they provide. The tax is levied when property worth more than $650,000 is passed from one generation to the next after the owners' death. While this sounds like a large inheritance, one must remember that the unexpected income is often not in the form of a liquid asset that can be used to pay the government bill with relative ease. Rather it is in the form of a business or small farm. Because of this, the tax often ends up toppling the family farm or small business.

90. Small Family Farms Face Extinction Water, Food and Farm Campaign. Small family farms face extinction!by Chris Bedford. The calls begin before dawn. Some farmers phone http://maryland.sierraclub.org/newsletter/marapr00/farms.html

Water, Food and Farm Campaign Small family farms face extinction! by Chris Bedford The calls begin before dawn. Some farmers phone just after they have finished milking. Other wait until their midday meal. I have received calls as late as midnight. Initially, their tone is cautious. Most have never called an environmental group before, especially one with the tough reputation of the Sierra Club. The first calls last a half hour or more. Sometimes, at the end, they cry. The callers are small family dairy farmers (there are 832 in Maryland) who face bankruptcy because of a dramatic, sustained, and manipulated fall in the farm gate price for milk. They call the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club because there is a virtual silence among mainstream farm organizations about what is happening to dairy farmers. They call because the crisis they face is an environmental crisis as well. In the next ten months, fundamental land use decisions about the future of rural Maryland will be made by default, by bankruptcy court, and by giant agribusiness corporations unless we do something NOW! What happens to dairy farmers concerns all of us. Their impending demise will have a profound effect on our water quality, on the safety of our food, and on our ability to stop sprawl. Not just another crisis It is an emergency. This is not just another farm crisis. It is the “end game” of independent, family farm agriculture.

91. Competitive Family Farms Logo UMaine Crest. Competitive family farms. Reproduced from UMaineToday, Volume 2, Issue 1, February / March 2002. AMERICAN FARMS http://www.umaine.edu/research/UMTFamFarm.htm

Home Activities Snapshots Café ... Text Size The University of Maine U nderstanding yesterday Inventing tomorrow Competitive Family Farms Reproduced from UMaine Today, Volume 2, Issue 1, February / March 2002 AMERICAN FARMS HAVE GROWN larger and more industrial as they specialize in one type of livestock or certain crops. However, new agricultural technologies, combined with integrated cropping and livestock systems, could provide a boost to smaller, family-run farms, according to Stewart Smith, University of Maine professor of sustainable agriculture. Smith is administering a $2 million competitive research grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study this issue with colleagues in Maine, Michigan and Iowa. The project will study integrated farms — dairy and potato operations in Maine and Michigan, and hog and feed grain farms in Iowa. Farmers are helping to evaluate the performance of these systems. Scientists are looking at factors such as profitability, marketing, and effects on rural communities and ecosystems. They also are considering what motivates farmers to adopt or shy away from integrated farming strategies.

92. Christensen Farms Christensen family farms is the largest familyowned swine business in Minnesotaand one of the top 10 pork producers in the United States, with operations in http://christensenfarms.com/

Christensen Family Farms is the largest family-owned swine business in Minnesota and one of the top 10 pork producers in the United States, with operations in southern Minnesota, northern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. The Christensen Family has been active in the pork industry for more than a quarter of a century. Christensen Family Farms is in the forefront of employee development, with initiatives ranging from hands-on technical training to personal and professional growth and development opportunities. Learn more about us in

93. Family Farms In Montana History; The 1910 Expedition Of course, though family farms have been the setting for scenes of happiness,they have also been the settings for experiences of hardship and heartache http://www.edheritage.org/1910/folkways/familyfarm.htm

"Five unrelated persons were a bunch of travelers or settlers. A family of five was a cultural imperative." Elliott West T he family farm may be the most important institution in American history. In America, the ideal of freedom was more than the lofty words of politicians. In America, the dream that one could shape one's own destiny was made a practical possibility for many thousands of people because land was available. People flooding west thought little about the claims Native Americans might have to the land. They intended to struggle and to advance themselves, to "prove up." The landscape of Montana changed quickly. People carried their cultural ideals with them, and they quickly applied a geometric grid on the land, building fences along straight section lines and plowing fields in straight furrows. Towns were laid out on precise grids. A human order was taking shape upon the land. The landscape was being humanized as settlers enacted their culture. Along the roads and in the towns, the spires of school buildings, the steeples of churches, and the clock towers of courthouses began rising as a new a moral and intellectual order transformed the geographical space into a particular human place. Montana became what historian Elliott West has called a "value-scape." Poor people pooled their cash to build school buildings and hire teachers. This was often the first activity that got a group of people in an area working together as a community. In a sense, the presence of children and the commitments of their families was the foundation upon which communities were built.

94. California Flavors - Lundberg Family Farms Page Lundberg family farms has a great site that tells their story farbetter than we could. If you are interested in learning about http://www.california-flavors.com/p-03.html

Lundberg Family Farms has a great site that tells their story far better than we could. If you are interested in learning about a large scale farming and specialty food operation that is committed to working in partnership with the environment, you should stop by the Lundberg Family Farms Web site. For decades, they have been recognized as leaders in developing growing and processing techniques that are friendly to the land and surrounding ecology. Their discussion of these practices makes their site a wonderful resource on the Internet.Their site also has the added bonus of a wealth of family recipes they share with us. We are proud to carry their products on Aisle 1 GO TO AISLE 1. GO TO THE MARKET MAP.

95. Types Of Family Farms Types of family farms. Although family farmers of Knox County sharemany features including hardwork, closeknit family relationships http://www2.kenyon.edu/projects/famfarm/whatis/types.htm

Types of Family Farms A lthough family farmers of Knox County share many features including hardwork, closeknit family relationships, a connection to the land, and a great passion for farming, the emergence of newer technologies has caused these family farms to become more diverse. Farming technology is more varied today than in years past with some farmers adopting the newest technologies while others continuing to use the farming practices of the past. The size of the family farm has become more diversified as a result of the emergence of newer technologies. While many farms remain only a few hundred acres, some have reached several thousand. The size of the family unit often determines the size of the farming operation. As families grow it is often necessary to enlarge the farm in order to support the growing family. The county has also experienced specialization in agriculture. Rather than all farms participating in the production of the same products each farm's production is unique. These similarities and differences make up family farming in Knox County today. photo credit: Rachel Balkcom E-Mail The Family Farm Project

96. Sizes Of Family Farms Sizes of family farms. Farming operations It is for these reasons that thefamily farms of Knox County differ so dramatically in size. For some http://www2.kenyon.edu/projects/famfarm/whatis/size.htm

Sizes of Family Farms F arming operations in Knox County vary in size ranging from less than one hundred acres to more than four thousand. The Hathaways, who own one of the largest farms in Knox County, believe that increasing the size of their operation and keeping up with the latest technology allows them to "continue in this business." Others, like Kathy Grassbaugh, a dairy farmer from Howard Township, feel that part of the expansion of their operation has been a result from outside pressure. "I don't like the idea of getting bigger and bigger. I guess I like the point we used to be at. I don't even like it that we have gotten this big [nearly one thousand acres and one hundred head of Holstein cows]. It is almost like the fun of doing some of the things has been taken out because you are under so much pressure." As the size of operations increases, many farmers feel their farms are becoming more business-like. Kathy's husband, Dale Grassbaugh, feels this is true. "You've got to look at farming from a business aspect now. Definitely there is still a trend, a way of life, part of farming but you have got to make decisions and they have to be business decisions." Listen ...

97. Drake Family Farms- Willow Lane Dairy Goats Drake family farms, home of ADGA registered Willow Lane Dairy Goats Nubians Saanens,operates a Grade A Goat Dairy in West Jordan, UT. Drake family farms. http://drakefamilyfarms.com/

Drake Family Farms home of Willow Lane Dairy Goats Willow Lane Dairy Goats is located on a ten-acre farm in West Jordan, Utah in the Salt Lake Valley. Edward Drake settled here in 1880 and now six generations of the Drake Family have farmed here. The Drake Family Farm is a designated Utah Centennial Farm The Drake Family has established Specific Goals for our Historic Century Farm. Best in Show We pride ourselves in selling only the World's Finest Quality Fresh Goat Milk , Fresh Goat Milk Cheese , Fresh Cage Free Eggs , and Goat Milk Soap at our historic farm. There are many known health benefits of goats milk and goats milk products. We hope you will come and try some of our Farm Fresh products. Willow Lane Dairy Goats started in July 1984 when Daniel Drake, one of the Drake children decided to get a dairy goat. It was just a 4-H project for a couple of years, but quickly turned into a small herd. Four younger Drake children, Richard, Matt, Margaret, and Elizabeth soon had their own 4-H goats. 4-H goats Eventually Mom and Dad (Ron and Jeanette) were also involved. They are now operating a licensed Grade A commercial dairy. Jeanette also has her own business called Willow Lane Soap Cottage and makes and sells

98. Three Important Steps To Save Family Farms Three Important Steps Would Help Save the Nation's family farms Americanshave always had a romance with the countryside and family farms. http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~clar/ag/historically.htm

Ag Home Page Poor Harvest Farm Drama Avoid Stereotyping Farmers ... Clark County Home Three Important Steps Would Help Save the Nation's Family Farms Americans have always had a romance with the countryside and family farms. Huge mountains of money have been made selling country life. Examples of this include: Cracker Barrel Restaurants, Country Music, Amish Tourism, Dude Ranches, non-farm youth in 4-H and FFA, County Fairs, blue jeans, cowboy boots, and building your dream home in the country. Also, two of the top three selling vehicles last year in the U.S. were pickup trucks. Our national treasure, family farms, are in serious trouble. The U.S. loses 500 farms per week. Paying the bills has always been a challenge for American farmers. As I talk to older or retired farmers, they always talk about how tough it was to “eek” out a living from farming. Neighbors shared labor and equipment, and caring for the community was expected. My family history includes tough times on the farm. My mother still owns the “Caldwell Farm” in Lincoln County, Kentucky. During the depression in the 1930’s, the sheriff scheduled an auction to sell Grandpa’s farm on the courthouse steps because Grandpa could not pay the taxes. Just before the sale, the auction was called off because Grandpa paid the back taxes of $24.80. “Where did he get the money?” was the question of the day. It had to come from his sister, Lettie. You see, Lettie was a “boot-legger” and was the only family member on Kings Mountain who had money. There have been many farms destroyed by lightening; this one was preserved by “white lightening”.

99. Partners For Family Farms Members of Partners for family farms believe that the activity of bringing allof the potential parties together to engage in a complicated but healthy http://www.partnersforfamilyfarms.org/projects.htm

Members of Partners for Family Farms believe that the activity of bringing all of the potential parties together to engage in a complicated but healthy dialogue illustrates the mission of our organization - partnership in action . Such dialogue has brought out the knowledge of lack of opportunity for farmers and processors. Through education, such dialogue can break down the barriers. The dialogue has created careful evaluation of governmental regulations. Ultimately such a dialogue has created a system of partnership that works! SMMART Group Projects From these meetings, plans are underway for a multi-species mobile processing unit. This mobile plant would meet the USDA quantity exemption, be regulated by our state health officials, be certified by HASCCAP guidelines, and allow farmers across the state access to a safe, legal processing facility. This will open up the direct market to poultry, aquaculture and other species of small farm livestock. For more information about the mobile processing unity, contact Steve Muntz with our partner on this project, Heifer Project International: smuntz@compuserve.com

100. Corporate Agriculture And Family Farms** Corporate Agriculture and family farms. John Ikerd. The process of industrializationhas systematically destroyed family farms all across America. http://www.ssu.missouri.edu/faculty/jikerd/papers/CoporateAgandFamilyFarms.htm

Corporate Agriculture and Family Farms John Ikerd University of Missouri Presented at National Conference of Block and Bridle, national collegiate academic organization, St. Louis, MO, January 20, 2001. At the turn of the 20 th century, America was still an agrarian nation. In 1900, over 40 percent of the people in the United States were still farmers and well over half still lived in rural areas. At the turn of the 21 st century, a hundred years later, less than 2 percent of Americans called themselves farmers and only around 25 percent lived outside of major metropolitan areas. The number of farms in the US peaked out at around 6.6 million farms in the 1930s and has since dropped to less that 2 million. Even those families who live on farms today earn around 90 percent of their household income from sources other than farming. During the 20 th century, America was transformed from an agricultural to an industrial nation. Some scholars associate the word “industrialization” with the transformation of an economy from agriculture to manufacturing as the primary source of productivity. However, such a transformation is but a consequence of applying an industrial model or paradigm in the development of a nation’s resources.

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