The Natural Resources section should include information on topics like:

• Water quality
• Zoning
• Insurance
• Premise ID
• Repairent zones
• Related environmental policies
• Energy policies—ethanol; biomass
• GMO seed liability
• Farmer education

The biggest policy tool of them all:
The Farm Bill is a multi-faceted set of policy tools which affects all parts of the food production cycle. It affects farmer's decisions about what and how much of a particular crop to grow. It affects the financial position of the farmer, and provides financial and educational resources to farmers. The Farm Bill also affects the price of commodities, which are purchased by processors. This then affects the price paid by the rest of the actors in the food cycle.

1 tool is Educational resources. This tool is direct and automatic

The Farm Bill is due to be reenacted/revised in 2007 and there are many issues under consideration.

This is a blog about the 2007 farm bill which brings together some information on the topic.

If one is interested in an article on farm subsidies in relation to free trade arguments:

Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group

Sustainable Ag in the 2007 Farm Bill from the UC-Davis Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.

See the 2007 Farm Bill Conservation Theme Paper for more information.

The Land Stewardship site provides information on eligibility and specific details of the program.