Food+Tech Connect and 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. The hackathon will take place as part of the International Open Data Hackathon.

The Farm Bill effects us all – influencing what we eat, how much it costs, and why farmers grow what they grow.

Over the course of 12 hours, participants will work together to produce tools or graphics that news media and organizations can use to convey the complexities and relevance of the Farm Bill to the public. Information from last year’s hackathon is available in this round-up and in the wiki from last year’s hackathon.

There are hackathons around the globe on Dec 3rd, 2011.  Lot’s of inforation and lots of links.

Learn more  & sign up at   http://farmbillhack.wikispaces.com/About