Congress Should Reward Farmers Who Are Good Stewards

Common Dreams - Oklahoma is facing its worst drought since the Dust Bowl.  A historic drought is also gripping Texas and surrounding southern states.  Floods have ravaged America’s heartland, and we’re discovering unsustainable levels of soil erosion in Corn Belt states. On a larger scale, we see an alarming loss of crop and livestock biodiversity, a decline of bees and other pollinators, and expanding ocean dead-zones. Now more than ever, our nation should promote agricultural conservation measures and sustainable farming systems.

But Congress is threatening once again to slash the only programs that support farmers who protect our water, soil, and the biodiversity on which our nation’s productivity depends.  Read more.