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‘Towards climate-smart agriculture? Post-Cancun and farm policy’ is the title of this 31 March 2011 EurActiv Stakeholder Workshop in Brussels.

Despite being responsible for 20-30 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture is not incorporated into the UN climate agreements.

Making agriculture an integral part of a smart solution to tackle climate change is however necessary: the sector’s emissions must be reduced and more carbon be sequestered into the soil and biomass.

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I’m Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish

For American soldiers, the move from the military to civilian life is not always easy. Military veterans have a thirty-five percent unemployment rate. This is more than three times the national average. And an estimated one hundred thousand veterans are homeless. The federal government and private organizations offer programs to help veterans. One private program is called Archi’s Acres. It is on a two hectare farm in southern California.Marine Sergeant Colin Archipley returned to the United States after serving three tours of duty in Iraq. He and his wife, Karen, bought a farm in southern California. They produce organic, hydroponic crops. They grow their tomatoes, lettuce and basil in pure water instead of in soil. Karen Archipley says her husband wanted to share the peace he found on his farm with other veterans. So the Archipleys worked with the local Veterans Administration office. They wanted to help returning troops translate their leadership skills to private business. Archi’s Acres is helping combat veterans become agricultural business owners. Colin Archipley is expanding his program to teach business skills. And he plans to include active troops who are ending their service. He notes that many veterans suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. This is made worse when they cannot find jobs and become homeless. He believes that the rate of PTSD would drop if soldiers could spend their last few months in the military learning skills so they could get jobs. In his new six-week program, Colin Archipley will teach agricultural skills from planting to harvest. Karen Archipley will teach marketing. Educators from the Small Business Administration are also involved. They will teach classes on how to operate a business. Colin Archipley does not expect veterans completing the program will have any problems finding work. He hopes to expand his program to serve veterans on the East Coast. He is also planning to make his six-week course available online so anyone in the military, anywhere, can take the classes.For VOA Special English I’m Alex Villarreal. You can find scripts, podcasts and MP3s on our website, voaspecialenglish.com. And you can follow us on Facebook, Twitter and iTunes at VOA Learning English.

(Adapted from a radio program broadcast 28Dec2011)

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–The continuing collapse of bee colonies around the world are putting the global food supply at risk.

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According to Farm Aid, 5 million family farms have been lost since the 1930’s. Most farms today are not family farms, and their future is very much in jeopardy. This story is a personal account of one new family farmer on his journey to establishing a farming business.

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March 3 (Bloomberg) — Abdolreza Abbassian, a senior economist at the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, talks about the outlook for food prices.
Global food prices rose to a record in February and grain costs may continue to rise in the next several months, with only rice keeping the world from a repeat of the crisis three years ago, the UN said in a report today. Abbassian speaks with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — Martin Richenhagen, chief executive officer of Agco Corp., discusses the company’s business and equipment price outlook.
Agco is the second-biggest U.S. maker of farm equipment. Richenhagen talks with Julie Hyman at the Business Council meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Bloomberg Television’s “Fast Forward.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Ephraim Leibtag, a food economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, talks about rising commodity prices around the world and the outlook for food prices in the U.S.
Leibrag speaks with Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television’s “Bottom Line.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Renmark has not seen anything like it before as many farm tractors invaded the river township as their owners and concerned people then responded to this news item and then protested against the savage cuts of water that will see the reduction of crop irrigation in the Riverland community of South Australia.
It is feared that under the Murray Darling Basin Authority regional populations can look forward to the following.
Welcome to the world of the Dole, Dustbowls and Disasters and rest of us can look forward to another price hike in our food supply and more imported inferior food of doubtful quality.

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As CAP Reform approaches, Dacian Ciolos, Member of the EC in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development, presented a communication on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.
In general CAP has been long overdue a series of reforms, although these have been heavily contested by the main beneficiaries of one of the EU’s largest policies and budgetary commitments.
Dacian Ciolos spoke about a payments system which would give member states the freedom to grant higher CAP contributions to regions in desperate need.

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