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Q&A: Why Do Small-Scale Farmers Persist in Place?

Daily Yonder

I should mention that our farm was, and still is, a family farm in the strongest sense. A childhood photo from the family farm. The first is farmland loss from haphazard real estate development, the kind that leads to rural gentrification. Imagination leads to affection, and affection yields fidelity.

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Improved cost-share accounting for income forgone when farmers experience losses in revenue due to production changes, anticipated reductions in yield, transitioning to an organic resource-conserving system, or acreage converted to conservation uses. Commodities and Crop Insurance Farming is a uniquely risky business.

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