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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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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Earth Week 2021 Recap: Every Week is Earth Week While Earth Day, April 22nd, has come and gone, we know that it’s important to celebrate our Earth and those…
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Across the US, the movement for improving the health of our soils has been led by farmers. A new report by the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA), “Farmers Share…
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Growing up, Representative Dr. Karen McCormick knew she wanted to study veterinary medicine. Being raised in an urban area she jumped at any opportunity to work with animals and…
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