I think this is good news, as it tells me more folks are thinking along the lines of Sustainability.
Quoting:
Jackson and Berry Call for 50-year Farm Bill
Writing in an Op-Ed piece in The New York Times, Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson argue for a long-term farm policy that supports the restoration of ecological health to agricultural landscapes. They outline a future for agriculture based on care for the soil and use of perennial plants. They conclude by calling for "a 50-year farm bill that addresses forthrightly the problems of soil loss and degradation, toxic pollution, fossil-fuel dependency and the destruction of rural communities."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/opinion/05berry.html?_r=3