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“What this does is, actually bring greater clarity into the Packers and Stockyards Act," according to National Famers Union executive director, Rob LaRew.
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USDA Directs Money to Wildfire Mitigation in High Risk Areas
USDA seeks to protect communities and infrastructure from catastrophic wildfires.
Multiple Factors Lead to Lower 2024 Farm Income Forecast
USDA Economist, Carrie Litkowski gives details on why USDA is forecasting a 26% decline in farm income for this year.
Line on Agriculture
en-usFebruary 26, 2024
USDA Expects Lower Direct Government Payment to Farmers in 2024
Several factors are playing into why USDA expects there to be $2 billion less than last year.
New USDA Program to Promote US Grains Overseas
With strong competition with other countries, the US Grains Council says that global corn marketing is vital for the US.
Jubilee Justice Regenerative Farming: Tackling Racism with Rice
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Description: A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land theft and white violence. The Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project is pioneering regenerative farming practices as a means to address systemic racism and make repair. This innovative project combines restorative economics, regenerative agriculture, and asset ownership as the path to address the harm done to Black farmers, and the environmentally harmful methods of rice production. In this exclusive report from The Laura Flanders Show, Laura Flanders reports on-location from Alexandria, Louisiana, where she meets Jubilee Justice Co-Founder and President Konda Mason, veteran civil rights crusader Shirley Sherrod and the Black farmers at the center of this story. Through knowledge sharing, collaboration and community support, this project endeavors to bridge the racial divide and foster a future rooted in justice and healing. Join us to discover how Jubilee Justice helps repair the damage from long-term racism and plant the seeds for a healthful and healing future.
“Restorative economics calls on us to first acknowledge the hurt and structural harm caused by economic systems of extraction and exploitation. It then requires us to engage in a conversation about repair.” - Nwamaka Agbo
“My goal is to not just grow organically and to be regenerative . . . but to do it in a way that's affordable so that everybody has access. Everybody has a right to good, nutritious food.” - Donna Isaac
“How can we balance all of the farming principles that we want to hold on to? How can we build soil health? How can we have a productive mill? . . . That’s the mission.” - Myles Gaines
“As Black farmers, we rarely own the land . . . And we are completely dependent upon a third party to say yes to my crop . . . What that mill represents is a vertical integration of their crop from growing it to milling it, to distributing it, and making their own decisions . . . We have to own the means of production.” - Konda Mason
“. . . It's not just the big guys who can come in and grow rice where it's not even healthy and feed it to all of us . . . We can pick our area, we can do it right, we can show care and love for each other, and that comes out in the food we provide.” - Shirley Sherrod
“We as a cohort have the deeds to this [rice mill]. It's going to be ours. If all else fails, we still have a building for people to come to, that they need . . . This building here is a stronghold for me and my heart.” - Bernard Winn
“Farmers are aging and their kids don't want to take [the farmland] over. So that land's going to go somewhere. Is it going to go to developers or is it going to go to people who care passionately about changing how the food that we eat is grown, for the betterment of society?” - Ken Lee
“. . . If you take care of the soil and if you farm regeneratively, you are going to not only get a better crop . . . but it's going to be more nutritious for the consumer and better for the environment. Regenerative is the future and we're totally committed to it.” - Caryl Levine
Guests:
Nwamaka Agbo: CEO, Kataly Foundation & Managing Director, Restorative Economies Fund
Donna Isaac: Farmer, Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project
Myles Gaines: Head of Innovation & Experimentation, Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project
Konda Mason: Founder & President, Jubilee Justice
Shirley Sherrod: Executive Director, Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education; Co-Founder, New Communities, Inc.; U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Equity Commission
Bernard Winn: Operations Specialist & Mill Manager, Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project
Caryl Levine and Ken Lee: Co-Founders & Co-CEOs, Lotus Foods; Partners with Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project
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Music In the Middle: “Freedom and Progress” by Nicole Conte featuring Zara McFarlane from his full length album Umoja released on Far Out Recordings.
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Climate Change Shifts Plant Hardiness & Material Selection
Climate Change Podcast: Shifts in Plant Hardiness & Material Selection
While the changes may appear gradual, native plant materials are struggling to adapt to the fluctuations in temperature, water cycles, and other environmental conditions. During this second episode of a three-part series on climate change Landscape Architects Tim West, Clay Schneckloth, and Andy Meessmann discuss shifts in plant zone hardiness and the evolving plant material landscape.
Podcast Agenda
- Evolving Plant Hardiness Zones (0:20)
- Successful Use of Seed Mixes (0:47)
- Mulching & Covering to Combat Increased Rainfall (2:54)
- Incorporating Biodiversity Throughout Designs (4:43)
- Diversity Requirements Through Municipalities (5:25)
- Preventing Disease in Trees (6:39)
- Creating Environmentally Sensitive Designs in Culturally Important Areas (7:07)
- Selecting Adaptable Plant Species (9:27)
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en-usFebruary 16, 2021
The Soil Blooms Green
Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, here.
We hope you enjoy this last episode of Season 1! Stay tuned for Season 2, coming in 2021.