Right to Farm: It’s Not What You Think It Is
When one thinks of Right to Farm, an image of small farmers having the right to plant and work their land, graze their livestock, and feed their communities with…
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Rural Livability Policy Builds Bridges Across Divides
Between 2010 and 2020, more than two-thirds of U.S. rural communities experienced sustained population loss, driven by outmigration, declining birth rates, and corporate land and resource grabs that prioritize profit over community needs. This decline fuels a vicious cycle: as young people leave, rural areas lose workforce, businesses, services, and tax revenue, further eroding schools…
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ICYMI: SiX Takeaways on Local Meat Processing
Meat processing has become highly concentrated in recent decades: just four companies control 83% of the beef market and 66% of pork. The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers at the largest meatpacking plants faced dangerous working conditions. As of early September 2021, nearly 60,000 meatpacking workers had tested…
Read MoreCAFO Moratoriums Gather Support as Rural Communities Push Back Against CAFOs
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…
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