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Exiting the Factory Farm

Modern Farmer

(Photography credit to Transfarmation / Mercy For Animals) Risk tolerance While many contract farmers find themselves in parallel positions—burdened with debt and lacking independence in making decisions on their farm—the path out of factory farming looks a little different for everyone. Left: Paula Boles.

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For Contract Farmers, the Election Could Change Everything—or Nothing at All

Civil Eats

Minh started raising chickens in 2016, when he and Nhu-Hai took out a federal loan to purchase a farm with eight long metal barns built for housing poultry. It was the first time in nearly eight years that the houses weren’t packed with birds owned by Tyson, a $21 billion company. What a monopoly does.

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