Following the first ever North Carolina Black Farmer Lobby Day in the 2023 legislative session, in late July, SiX co-hosted Seeds of Empowerment: Cultivating Black Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture, a tour of Black-owned farms with Senator Natalie Murdock and Representative (and farmer!) Ray Jeffers in the Durham/Raleigh area. North Carolina legislators joined advocates for a…
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The American Rescue Plan includes $5 billion in debt relief and other support for Black farmers and other farmers of color. Last week, the Council of State Governments Eastern…
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Colorado Senator Jessie Danielson has strong admiration for the farm workers who do back-breaking and sometimes dangerous work to get food to our table. With deep roots in Colorado…
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As legislators look to policies to impact climate change, New Mexico is leading to address the climate crisis through agriculture policy. Following impactful soil health policy in California, in…
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Farmer Equity, Local Food, Cannabis Production & Farmed Animal Welfare This is the beginning of Agriculture and Food System bill tracking at the State Innovation Exchange (SiX). As we…
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