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, soil health, local meat processing, and preemption are current trends This is the beginning of Agriculture and Food System bill tracking at the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).…
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Local meat processors in your state could potentially benefit from these federal funds. The $900 billion coronavirus relief package passed by the U.S. Congress in December included $60 million…
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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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