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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Colorado Senator Jessie Danielson has strong admiration for the farm workers who do back-breaking and sometimes dangerous work to get food to our table. With deep roots in Colorado…
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As legislators look to policies to impact climate change, New Mexico is leading to address the climate crisis through agriculture policy. Following impactful soil health policy in California, in…
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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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