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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Update as of January 2022: Much of the funding outlined in this webinar has been spent or allocation windows are now closed. However, federal agencies like the United States…
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As states and communities continue to be impacted by COVID-19, Congress is looking to provide much needed funding for farmers and rural communities. The American Rescue Act is the…
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Rural communities, advocates and the general public are increasingly looking to their state legislators to reign in the proliferation of Factory Farms, also known as concentrated animal feeding operations…
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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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