Also, as someone who does Federal agriculture policy work and works with a lot of farmers,while I'm totally on board with you about the need for major reform of the safety net and subsidy structure that exists, I would push back on your glibness about hollowing out USDA staff capacity and footprint. If we let that evaporate it's going to be very difficult to get that infrastructure back, and we're going to need that infrastructure and capacity if we're ever going to successfully get farmers on board with farmways that mitigate climate change. Not to mention that all those people are real people with real jobs that really care about trying to make the food system work better and are being put through it really shitty kind of hell right now.
Thanks so much for your thoughtful note - very fair point about USDA employees. Please email me at mikegrunwaldprivate@gmail.com, I'd love to get you an advance copy of the book. Mike
I work for an organization that has a little magazine that goes out to a bunch of farmers. I would be interested in reviewing the book how do I email you
Also, as someone who does Federal agriculture policy work and works with a lot of farmers,while I'm totally on board with you about the need for major reform of the safety net and subsidy structure that exists, I would push back on your glibness about hollowing out USDA staff capacity and footprint. If we let that evaporate it's going to be very difficult to get that infrastructure back, and we're going to need that infrastructure and capacity if we're ever going to successfully get farmers on board with farmways that mitigate climate change. Not to mention that all those people are real people with real jobs that really care about trying to make the food system work better and are being put through it really shitty kind of hell right now.
Thanks so much for your thoughtful note - very fair point about USDA employees. Please email me at mikegrunwaldprivate@gmail.com, I'd love to get you an advance copy of the book. Mike
I work for an organization that has a little magazine that goes out to a bunch of farmers. I would be interested in reviewing the book how do I email you