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From Civil Rights to Food Justice, Jim Embry Reflects on a Life of Creative Resistance

Civil Eats

SCN works with nonprofits and schools in the region to integrate farming and food production into their work and advocates for local policy that supports school gardens, urban farms, and community gardens and helps get fresh produce to food insecure residents.

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Ecological Farming Program Specialist

Caff

A growing area of the Ecological Farming program, as well as CAFF, is to increase access to Ecological Farming among communities that have historically been left out of research, extension and technical assistance efforts, with particular focus on Latinx farming communities.

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Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Other posts explore how the next farm bill can tackle issues in regional market development, crop insurance access, and more. A review of the research projects awarded through the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) and AFRI from 2009-2023 shows that the allocation for organic research does not meet the ongoing need.

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