tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929487946145338110Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:38:38 +0000http://backfortybackstory.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Steve Baragona)Blogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929487946145338110.post-5818895481631183230Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:34:00 +00002009-07-17T10:49:04.506-07:00The New York Times digs into Europe's farm subsidies:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/business/global/17farms.html?ref=global-homehttp://backfortybackstory.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-york-times-digs-into-europes-farm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve Baragona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929487946145338110.post-2273559484462233828Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:35:00 +00002009-07-10T15:37:57.307-07:00Malawi presents an interesting case study in food aid vs. farm aid. I outlined the basics in my story about the G8's $20-billion pledge of agricultural aid. In a nutshell, the country went from food aid recipient to food aid supplier in two years thanks to President Bingu wa Mutharika's decision to buck the international donor community and subsidize his farmers.An interesting side-note on http://backfortybackstory.blogspot.com/2009/07/case-of-malawi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve Baragona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929487946145338110.post-3040591050154098674Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:38:00 +00002009-07-10T14:44:05.762-07:00food safetyToday I reported on the Obama administration's announcement of steps intended to make the U.S. food supply safer.The produce industry is thrilled. They've actually been begging the Food and Drug Administration for more regulations for a couple years now. You know things are bad when an industry is begging the government for MORE regulations. Perhaps it's not surprising, though. After a string of http://backfortybackstory.blogspot.com/2009/07/today-i-reported-on-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve Baragona)0