ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Heaven’s Hollow Farm: A Soil for Water Case Study Jacob Gilley Madison County, Virginia Heaven’s Hollow Farm is a fourth-generation family farm that has been in operation since 1951. Jacob, his wife Jennifer, and their children operate the farm in Orange, Virginia.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Strengthening Local Meat Economies Act is a bill designed to support independent small and very small processors by promoting fairness in US Department of Agriculture (USDA) meat procurement and reinvesting in local meat markets.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

AUGUST 6, 2024

Historically there has been a real aversion politically to regulating farms.” Poultry plants, where the virus is also infecting workers, typically have more employees and so are subject to OSHA’s regulation.) The virus is already cropping up in poultry workers in Colorado.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Smithfield Foods has donated $100,000 to fund a mobile food retail market that will provide fresh food in food deserts throughout southeastern North Carolina. The donation to Ripe for Revival , a nonprofit founded to address food insecurity in North Carolina, was used to purchase a bus that has been transformed into a mobile food market.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover crops amongst his pear, apple, plum, peach, and cherry trees, but he buys a commercial compost product to keep his 100-acre, fourth-generation family farm thriving. Ela knows first-hand how central compost is to his organic farm—and all organic agriculture.

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Agwired

AUGUST 13, 2024

“Beyond speed, Gen Z indicates a future need for advanced meal prep, global flavors and minimal cleanup,” according to new research presented at Chicken Marketing Summit 2024. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) announced that nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Other posts explore how the next farm bill can tackle issues in regional market development, crop insurance access, and more. At the same time, the US is losing small and mid sized family farms at a rapidly increasing rate. The effects of climate change on farmers are becoming ever more apparent.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Creating a Farmer Seed Liaison position in the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), whose responsibilities include strengthening competition and choice in the seed marketplace (Sec. Provides $5 million in mandatory funding for Organic Production and Market Data Initiatives, to remain available until expended (Sec. 12103, 7124).

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

MARCH 22, 2023

Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) members gathered in Stevens Point March 10-12 for the family farm organization’s annual Emerging Leaders Retreat. The cohort included representation from farmers who raise beef, sheep, flowers, poultry, hemp, vegetables, and more.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

USPOULTRY will host its annual Poultry Market Intelligence Forum at the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. The program will feature economic industry experts offering their insights on the current state of the global poultry industry and their forecasts for 2025. on Wednesday, Jan.

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Caff

JANUARY 25, 2023

Add in all the other family members who contribute to the farm in some way or another, and you’re looking at an eon of cumulative experience and commitment. From producing their own compost to managing a CSA to selling direct at farmers markets all over Southern California, J.R.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

farmers and ranchers are unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods. At a time when the effects of climate change on farmers are becoming ever more apparent and the country is losing small and mid-sized family farms at a rapidly increasing rate, the FFNSA maintains the status quo.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As the National Family Farm Coalition points out, “Focusing only on foreign ownership distracts from an overarching trend of rising corporate investment in farmland, largely driven by U.S-based Increase in FSA Direct Farm Ownership loans cap to $850,000. based multinational corporations, private equity firms, and pension funds.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the book, we meet Brandon Kaufman, a Kansas farmer who, after generations of family farming, plans “to get a divorce from wheat” to focus on perennials as a way to nurture the soil and the vital underground network of insects and microorganisms within it. Does the author ultimately take on the family farm?

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Bramble Hollow Farm: A Soil for Water Case Study Brent and Anna Wills Bedford County, Virginia Bramble Hollow Farm is owned and operated by Brent and Anna Wills and is located along the eastern foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bedford County. Brent and Anna and their family raise pork and chicken on pasture.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. Guilbeault ventured to Silicon Valley to examine veganism’s transformation from a social movement to a market-based model, and inside the U.S.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

After a ramp-up period, Fetterman’s legislation would require the USDA to purchase at least 20 percent of its meat and poultry from small and mid-sized processors and to prioritize contracts with regional producers, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and companies that have fair labor agreements in place.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Farmers, media, and rural leaders gathered at Crescent Meats in Cadott to learn more about the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program and the area’s designation as a Rural Partners Network community. Theo Scholze of Scholze Family Farms in Humbird is among those who will benefit from the Crescent Meats expansion.

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NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

Rollins spent summers working on her familys farm in Minnesota and participated in all levels of 4-H and FFA. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Rollins has been engaged in American agriculture since an early age, baling hay and raising livestock in Glen Rose, Texas.

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NASDA

APRIL 4, 2025

Supreme Court, implementing key provisions of the 2018 farm bill, and leading the development of critical regulations for the sale of hemp and bioengineered product labeling. Currently serving as a judge on the United States Court of International Trade, Judge Vaden brings a unique understanding of agricultures role in international markets.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

Agriculture was the first industry mentioned, and the ways in which consolidation was driving the loss of small family farms became one of Vilsacks most-cited talking points throughout the administration. A fifth rule related to creating fairer cattle markets is still in its early stages. Under his tenure, the U.S.

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