Post Tagged with: "farm bill"
Infographic of the Week: More Bang for Your Food Aid Buck
What is the human impact of inefficiencies in how your tax dollars are spent? In 2010 the U.S. spent $2 billion total on international food aid, but $491 million of those taxpayer dollars were tied up in red-tape in the U.S. farm bill, says new research from Oxfam America and American Jewish World Service (AJWS). The
Infographic of the Week: The Farm Bill Budget Visualizer
Looking for programs in the farm bill related to public health, international development or commodity support? The Visualizer is an invaluable tool that allows viewers to interact with the farm bill budget in ways not before possible.
Infographic of the Week: School Breakfast
On the Friday before Christmas, Food+Tech Connect brings you a graphic from the USDA’s Economic Reporting Service to help put things into perspective
Farm Bill Hackathon: Lessons Learned
Ten sponsors and 120 people came out for the Farm Bill Hackathon on their day off, to work twelve hours straight. But the question is: why?
Infographic of the Week: Cotton vs Carrots
This week’s graphic compares the money given in subsidies to eight cotton farms in California to that spent on the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program supplying snacks to elementary schools in the state
Designers and Food Experts Create Infographics on Beef, New Farms
Monday, Food+Tech Connect announced the winners of the Farm Bill Hackathon, but several other interesting projects were also created
What the Farm Bill is Going On? A Simple Timeline of Events
Food+Tech Connect has created a simple time line (with lots of links) below to illustrate the State of the Farm Bill, and to explain that, in the end, the outcome of all this Congressional wrangling is far from the final word on the bill. Just because the “Super Committee” has the ability to cut $1.2 trillion from the U.S. budget – including at least $23 billion from agricultural programs – doesn’t mean it will actually be successful in doing so
Visualizing You, Me & The Farm Bill: A Hackathon
On December 3, Food+Tech Connect and Gojee are bringing together journalists, technologists, designers, policy makers, and food data specialists to develop tools and visualizations that will help the public better understand how the Farm Bill impacts our lives. Over the course of 12 hours, participants will work together to produce tools and graphics news media and organizations will be able to use to convey the complexities and relevance of the Farm Bill to the public
Farm Bill, Farm Bill, Farm Bill, Blah, Blah, Blah
Thus far, there is little in the way of visually interesting and informative media about the Farm Bill. But here are Food+Tech Connect’s picks for the first 6 Farm Bill Media Sensations of
What is the Farm Bill? And Why Should I Care?
Yesterday, Food+Tech Connect announced we will be holding a “Farm Bill Hackathon” on December 3rd. But what is the “Farm Bill?”
Save The Date: Farm Bill Hackathon 12/3/11
Mark your calendar! On December 3, Food+Tech Connect & Gojee are bringing together journalists, technologists, designers, policy makers, and food data specialists to develop tools and visualizations that help the public better understand how the Farm Bill impacts our lives
Commodity Cropism: The Data You Don’t Have About Your Food
Media artist and Eyebeam Resident Stefani Bardin is outraged by the way that nutritional information is currently obscured and delivered, which causes detrimental effects to our health and the environmental. Her latest project, Commodity Cropism, a multi-channel video installation, uses stylized commercials to “expose veiled information” about these darlings of industrial agriculture: corn, soy, and sugar. The project also seeks to arm the public with data left out by “loosely monitored food production and labeling systems.” The installation includes three videos (below) each chock-ful with fascinating statistics about the three monocrops
2010 Food+Tech Highlights
What a year for food and tech! It has been truly wonderful getting to know all of you over the past couple of months. I can’t wait to connect with more of you at the events (hackathons, classes, and nerdy tech dinners) that are in the works for 2011. Two weeks ago, my friend Charlie
Infographic: School Lunch Food For Thought
Infographic about the health and fiscal cost school lunches using USDA, Let’s Move & Slow Food USA data
Food+Tech Bites 11/22 -11/28
Are you still not receiving food+tech bites in your inbox? Sign up here to ensure you get deliciously interesting food+tech news, tips, and the latest apps delivered right to your inbox! Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. SAVE THE DATE: FOOD+TECH HACKATHON 12/4-12/5 Details coming this week. Please contact me at danielle
