A Slide from "A Clean Farm Bill of Health"

Farm Bill Hackathon Makes Tools to Visualize Broad Set of Food & Ag issues

. Over the weekend the Farm Bill Hackathon brought together (in person and virtually) 120 designers, data scientists, developers, marketing professionals, food policy experts, and USDA employees, to “hack” one of the most important pieces of legislation in the U.S. – the Farm Bill. Over the course of 12 hours, 5 graphics and 4 tools were produced, addressing issues as diverse as support to new farmers, the effect of subsidies on global hunger and how to crowdsource Meatless Mondays.

READ MORE: http://www.foodandtechconnect.com/site/2011/12/05/farm-bill-hackathon-winners-visualize-broad-set-of-food-agricultural-issues/