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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In an energizing November weekend, SiX hosted a delegation of forty CROP members at TomKat Ranch in Pescadero, California, for a dynamic, hands-on workshop on the principles and policies…
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In September 2023, SiX brought a cohort of Midwestern legislators to the Farm Aid 2023, the annual music festival held since 1985 to support family farmers. This year’s festival…
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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…
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For much of the U.S. (and world) it’s already been a blisteringly hot summer shattering global temperature highs and putting millions of people at risk. In contrast, in some…
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