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Agriculture

See also Sustainable Agriculture

The Keystone National Policy Dialogue on
Trends in Agriculture
March 2001 | Report # 66 | Call 970-513-5835 to order reports
Report Available on-line

Agriculture in the United States is undergoing significant changes-changes that are altering the way food and fiber are produced and distributed. Current trends in agriculture include the consolidation of production into fewer and larger farms; greater industrialization of farming practices; the increasing importance of technology; the expanding tendency toward vertical integration; changing financial arrangements; and increasing consumer awareness. The implications of these trends are significant, diverse, and not commonly understood or interpreted. Many communities and organizations are divided as to whether such changes should be resisted, redirected, or encouraged. The Keystone National Policy Dialogue on Trends in Agriculture provided a rare opportunity for individuals representing diverse interests to discuss these trends in agriculture, gain a collective understanding of diverse viewpoints and interests, and collaboratively contemplate a course for action. The dialogue group included representatives from livestock operations, commodity crop producers, food processing companies, the sustainable agriculture community, pesticide companies, environmental organizations, academia, state and federal agriculture and environmental agencies, state economic development agencies, cooperative extension services, farm advocacy organizations, farm cooperatives, financial institutions, and consumer groups.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Food Safety Advisory Committee
December 1996 | Report #62 | Call 970-513-5835 to order reports

This report is a compilation of detailed summaries from meetings of the Food Safety Advisory Committee (FSAC), a subcommittee of EPA’s National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy. The Food Safety Advisory Committee was chaired by Deputy Administrator Fred Hansen with Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Lynn Goldman serving as Vice-Chair. Keystone Center staff facilitated the meetings. As a subcommittee of a federally chartered advisory committee, FSAC operated under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). FSAC was formed to provide input to EPA on some of the broad policy choices facing the Agency upon enactment of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) (P.L. 104-170) of 1996.

Summit on Environmental Issues Facing the Pork Industry-Meeting Summary
January 1996 | Report #55 | Call 970-513-5835 to order reports

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) contacted The Keystone Center to convene the Summit on Environmental Issues Facing the Pork Industry due to the heightened concern about the environmental impacts of pork production. Issues identified included water quality (both surface and groundwater), soil, wetlands and odor and the potential solutions.

The Keystone National Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Management Systems and the Environment
May 1995 | Report #43 | Call 970-513-5835 to order reports

This report contains consensus recommendations developed by participants in the Keystone National Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Management Systems and the Environment. Dialogue members offer this report as a contribution to the policy discussions that will occur in the context of the 1995 Farm Bill debate. Participants in the Dialogue included key decision makers from grower organizations (from both the commodity crops and the fruit and vegetable crops); farm organizations; U.S. Department of Agriculture; environmental Protection Agency; state agricultural and environmental agencies; chemical and food companies and their trade associations; Congress; and national and state environmental groups.

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