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WEB5 days ago · Congress Likely to Preserve OSHA Loophole That Endangers Animal Ag Workers. A 2022 Civil Eats investigation found that a budget rider that prohibits OSHA from spending money to regulate small farms leaves most animal-ag operations without oversight. Lawmakers appear poised to renew the rider once again.
Only Two States Have Passed ‘Right to Garden’ Laws. Will Others …
WEBAug 20, 2022 · From Michigan to Massachusetts, people have been thwarted—or even outright banned—from growing food on their own property. But thanks to the concerted efforts of people like Virgil and their legal allies, “right to garden” laws are slowly gaining traction. Such legislation remains scarce at the state level, however—only Illinois and ...
How Four Years of Trump Reshaped Food and Farming
WEBNov 2, 2020 · Most notably, since the pandemic began, Trump has used the Defense Production Act to allow meat companies to compel their workers to return to work, despite worsening COVID-19 outbreaks.A ProPublica investigation later found that the North American Meat Institute, which represents large companies including Tyson and Cargill, wrote a draft of the order.
Op-ed: What I Learned from White Oak Pastures—and What Other …
WEBFeb 24, 2022 · My husband John and I moved from San Francisco to Iowa in 2019 to take over his family’s fifth-generation, 540-acre farm, raising cattle and goats on pasture through rotational grazing. What drew us to Southern Georgia was a four-day retreat with the Center for Agricultural Resilience (CFAR), an offshoot of White Oak Pastures (WOP), a large farm known for its commitment to regenerative ...
How The Fry Bread House, a Mainstay of Indigenous Cuisine, …
WEBMay 11, 2020 · Now, The Fry Bread House and its staff of 16—made up of people from the O’odham, Navajo, Hopi, Yaqui, and Apache nations, among others—face an uncertain future. And this leading light of Indigenous cuisine isn’t alone. Across the Southwest this spring, Indigenous eateries have shut down, while others are barely holding on.
The Co-op Farming Model Might Help Save America’s Small Farms
WEBBy Annelise Jolley. October 3, 2018. Across the U.S.—from New England to California—a small but growing movement of farmers is foregoing traditional farm ownership in favor of a cooperative model. In Maine, four Somali Bantu refugees raise crops on shared land at New Roots Cooperative Farm, growing both regional and Somali produce.
Food Distribution 101: What Happens When the Food Supply is …
WEBApr 15, 2020 · “It’s like Armageddon, but we’ll get through it,” Benjamin Walker explained over the phone in mid-March. That day, sales at Baldor—the New York-based food distribution company where Walker is the vice president of sales and marketing—had dropped by 85 percent.. With 90 percent of its business focused on food service, Baldor’s 400 trucks are typically loaded with specialty produce ...
Meet the African Farmer Growing Rice in New York’s Hudson Valley
WEBNov 18, 2021 · In 2008, along with his cousin Moustapha Diedhiou, also a drummer and rice farmer, Badjie visited New Paltz, New York, to play at an African dance class. There, he met Hoyte, a former African, Brazilian, and Afro-Caribbean dance instructor who had farmed organically in Barbados and the Hudson Valley. Bonding over their shared interests in ...
Op-Ed: Hunger is a Political Decision. We Can Work to End It.
WEBMay 26, 2021 · May 4, 2022 update: President Biden today announced that for the first time in over 50 years, the White House will host a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health this September. March 15, 2022 update: Representative McGovern today noted that the newly passed federal spending package includes $2.5 million to “make a White House conference on Food, Nutrition, Health & Hunger a reality.”
Are Carbon Markets for Farmers Worth the Hype? - Civil Eats
WEBSep 24, 2020 · Several groups are working to develop better carbon accounting methods, including The Soil Health Institute, which recently was awarded $3.25 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a soil carbon measurement and monitoring system called the DeepC System. DeepC will include soil probes, equipped with sensors, that can be pushed into the ground in the field, allowing farmers to take ...