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Western Water Campaign seeks to end water subsidies that cost federal taxpayers millions and develop a system of western water use that is both sustainable and cost-efficient.photo source 
Women Taking the Lead for Kentucky Agriculture: A Policy Reform Brochure Kentucky's women farmers, many of whom represent small and limited resource farmers, are learning more about how important public decisions and policies that affect their future are made.photo source Featured Organizations
Institute for European Environmental Policy - IEEP The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is an independent and influential centre for the analysis and development of policies affecting the environment in Europe and beyond. photo source 
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is devoted to developing an agriculture that can sustain the land and its resources. As a public, non-profit, it seeks to revitalize farming with research, education, technical assistance and public policy.photo source Did You Know?Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR has developed the newest of four current Challenge Programs, the Sub-Saharan Africa Program approved only in 2004, this initiative has successfully completed an 18-month "inception phase." It is now on track for demonstrating the effectiveness of "integrated agricultural research for development," an approach designed to reduce the principal constraints to agricultural transformation in the region, including weak markets, inappropriate policies and natural resource degradation. |
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Quote"I find it alarming that some of the country's largest food companies are being acquired by tobacco and liquor companies. The first line of quality control for our manufactured food has been the professional conscience of chief executives of independent food companies. Tobacco companies are by their nature indifferent to health considerations. To have our food supply in their hands is something to which the United States people and Congress should give attention."
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