Amend Farmer-to-consumer Direct Marketing Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12101, April 20, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 108 lappuses |
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Administrator Agricultural Marketing Project Agricultural Marketing Service allocated ALVIN BALDUS appropriate April 12 budget buying clubs Chairman Committee on Agriculture community gardens community groups Congress Consumer Direct Marketing Consumer Relations cooperative extension services Cooperative Service costs Dear Department of Agriculture Direct farmer-to-consumer marketing Direct Marketing Act direct marketing funds direct marketing program Domestic Marketing economic encouraging evaluation family farm Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing farmers and consumers farmers markets Federal Fiscal Years 1979 Food Fairs Fred Richmond fresh fruits fruits and vegetables garden and direct-market gardening and direct growers House Agriculture Committee House Subcommittee income increased inserting involved in direct JONES Joseph Crapa legislation marketing from farmers marketing orders marketing system methods of direct million Missouri NOLAN organizations PANETTA percent produce retail RICHMOND Schaller SCHLEI SEA-Extension Secretary Section September 30 small farmers Subcommittee on Domestic survey TED RISENHOOVER Thank U.S. Department urban USDA VOLKMER
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13. lappuse - Congress firmly believes that the maintenance of the family farm system of agriculture is essential to the social well-being of the Nation and the competitive production of adequate supplies of food and fiber.
3. lappuse - I am but a young gardener. . . .1 have often thought that if heaven had given me a choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of earth, well watered and near a good market for the production of the garden."2 In 1771 Jefferson "set down elaborate plans for the development of the grounds at Monticello at the end of his Account Book rather than in his Garden Book.
10. lappuse - In the interest of saving time I ask that my full statement be included in the record.
18. lappuse - It is the purpose of this Act to promote, through appropriate means and on an economically sustainable basis, the development and expansion of direct marketing of agricultural commodities from farmers to consumers. To accomplish this objective, the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall initiate and coordinate a program designed to facilitate direct marketing from farmers to consumers for the mutual benefit of consumers and farmers.
18. lappuse - ... organization directly representing the farmers who produced the commodities being sold) their agricultural commodities directly to individual consumers, or organizations representing consumers, in a manner calculated to lower the cost and increase the quality of food to such consumers while providing increased financial returns to the farmers.
18. lappuse - Understanding the New Inflation: The Importance of the Basic Necessities (Washington, DC: Exploratory Project for Economic Alternatives, 1977), pp.
13. lappuse - Congress hereby specifically reaffirms the historical policy of the United States to foster and encourage the family farm system of agriculture in this country.
8. lappuse - At the same time we should be limiting our topic to restoration because this is what we are trying to do. We are trying to reach the peak we had in 1968.
33. lappuse - CFA supports a strategy to decentralize production and economic concentration in food processing, distribution and retailing to increase the efficiency of the marketplace, and to assist family farmers and consumers in the formation of cooperative marketing and retailing activities in local communities.
10. lappuse - ... recommendations that should be adopted for this program. It was basically designed to get the attention of members of Congress concerning those legislative recommendations. Senator COHEN. More on this later. Go ahead, Mr. Chairman.