A Climate of Crisis
In the last year, I have lived through four unprecedented climate-related crises in my community – all of which were in the last nine months, on top of the…
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Cultivating a Future for Black Farmers in North Carolina: Legislator Tour
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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A Historic Win for Farmworkers in Colorado
In a historic win for farmworkers in Colorado and nationally, SB 87, the Farmworkers’ Bill of Rights passed both chambers of the Colorado legislature just days before the end…
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In states across the country, the 2021 legislative sessions proved to be a win for healthy soil champions. Legislatures in Nebraska, Colorado, Maine, Texas, and New York passed healthy…
Read MoreFarmer Profile: Part Two of Davon Goodwin on the Future of Farming
Davon Goodwin is a first generation Black farmer and is the owner-operator of Off The Land Farms in Laurinburg, North Carolina. He currently produces muscadine grapes, blackberries and mixed…
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