Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), often referred to as factory farms, are impacting rural communities’, air, water, health, and wellbeing. The proliferation of factory farms has completely changed the rural landscape, and many small and medium-sized farmers are increasingly finding it more difficult to compete in a policy and economic system that favors huge operations. …
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In the last few years, policy efforts have been introduced at the federal and state levels to address this long legacy of harm. The federal Justice for Black Farmers…
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As we approach the 2021 legislative session, nothing could be more important than advancing policies that improve peoples’ lives. Yet a harmful narrative is evolving that legislators representing rural…
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Historically, farmers and ranchers who are Black, Indigenous or people of color have faced systemic discrimination from state and federal agriculture institutions. In an effort to better serve their…
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