Title: Farmland Information Center (FIC) (2009)
Summary:
In 1994, The American Farmland Trust (AFT) and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) collaborated to create the Farmland Information Center (FIC), which is an online “clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship”(FIC).
Topic: Sustainable Agriculture
Category: Non-Profit institutional (Multi-Media)
What is it? This is an informational website on an array of farmland conservation issues
Publication Information:
Farmland Information Center (FIC)
This site was created in partnership betweenUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust.
Author: No author given
Location:
Accessed: March 11th 2009 11:52pm
Support:
American Farmland Trust (AFT): Farmland Conservation Orginization
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Agricultural Legislation Navigator
National Resource Inventory: FIC online service
American Farmland Trust (AFT) and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service teamed-up to create the Farmland Information Center (FIC). National Resource Inertory and Agricultural Legislation are examples of services and applications available on FIC. FIC references thousands of articles, studies, laws, and stories concerning farming and farmland conservation through its on site search engines.
Audience and Agenda:
Farmland Information Center (FIC) is a non-profit organization that was created to serve farmers and the entire agricultural community. The website has no advertisements besides links to American Farmland Trust’s and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) websites. The website offers aggregators for agriculture related laws, studies, articles and statistics. According to quantcast.com, Farmland Information Center (FIC) receives 3.1 thousand online hits a month.
Usefulness:
This site was created because of the growing informational and networking demands of American farmers. FIC was formed to serve the interests of the U.S. agriculture industry and all of its farmers, both large and small. FIC considers U.S. farmland to be one of America’s biggest resources, and argues that farmers should be protected by current legislation and not at the mercy of it. FIC’s mission statement ignores the issue of illegal immigrant farmhands who represent a major demographic of America’s agricultural industry. FIC also fails to confront the issue of rising organic food prices despite skepticism to whether organic certification actually means “grown without pesticides.”
Works Cited:
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Filed under: Source Notes
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