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May 26, 2017

Farm to Head Start at Reach Up in St. Cloud, Minnesota

by
Katie Costello
Child care providers and early care settings often have a variety of reasons for participating in Farm to Early Care activities. For Haley Anderson, Nutrition Services Coordinator at Reach Up Head Start in St. Cloud, developing personal relationships with local fruit and vegetable growers was a primary motivator.
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May 25, 2017

Trump Budget Slams Rural Communities

by
Ben Lilliston
If your spending reflects what you value the most, it appears the Trump Administration places little value on rural communities. In its first budget presented to Congress this week, the Trump Administration proposed to slash, and in some cases eliminate, programs that support rural residents and family farmers. When combined with new U.S.
May 9, 2017

Who will Trump side with on Paris climate decision?

by
Ben Lilliston
In the coming weeks, various factions within the White House will debate whether the U.S. should leave the Paris climate agreement—the global plan signed by nearly 200 countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
May 3, 2017

May Day, Chicago, NAFTA, and solidarity

This week we celebrate May Day, the International Day of Workers’ Rights. The days’ origins are in the Haymarket Affairs in Chicago in 1886, when labor activists were killed for advocating for an 8-hour workday.
Marchers in Grant Park on May Day
Apr 25, 2017

Two ways to tackle livestock’s contribution to the climate crisis

by
IATP
The Issue We cannot address climate change without reducing the production and consumption of industrial meat and dairy.
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Apr 17, 2017

Clean water, not deregulation, will help farmers in the long run

by
Shiney Varghese
This op-ed originally ran in AgriNews on World Water Day.
Apr 16, 2017

Seeds of Climate Resilience in Mozambique

U.S. President Donald Trump may still deny the harsh realities of climate change, but no one in southern Mozambique has any doubts. They don’t have much food either.
Apr 11, 2017

When climate change was part of the Farm Bill

by
Ben Lilliston
Last month, Congress held initial hearings to inform the 2018 Farm Bill. Agriculture Committee members heard about the struggling farm economy, crop insurance and rural development. One issue that wasn’t discussed, despite its profound impact on farmers, is climate change.
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