Publication archives

Feb 19, 2019

Building rural climate resilience

by
Tara Ritter
Download a PDF of the report and appendix.
Minnesota sign
Feb 18, 2019

State soil health initiatives respond to climate change

by
Ben Lilliston
It’s still winter in the U.S., but that’s not stopping states from looking into how the soil beneath the snow can respond to climate change. Massachusetts, New Mexico and Nebraska are following the lead set by states like California, Ha
Soil Health
Feb 14, 2019

Farm Bill appropriations and implementation: Conservation and local food programs

by
Tara Ritter
In late December 2018, President Trump signed the $867 billion Farm Bill into law.
U.S. Capitol
Feb 14, 2019

Fair prices and a bold new deal in Mexico

by
IATP
The Mexican government and President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are advancing plans to transform its agriculture system to achieve self-sufficiency in basic grains and strengthen rural livelihoods.
Farming in Mexico
Feb 14, 2019

New Minnesota Farm to School bill supports children, farmers and local communities

by
IATP
A bipartisan bill that would provide school districts across the state with a reimbursement for feeding students healthy, local foods through farm-to-school initiatives was introduced in the Minnesota Legislature today. Senator Mike Goggin (R-Red Wing) and Representative Todd Lippert (DFL-Northfield) are the chief authors of the bill (H.F.
Farm to School press conference
Feb 11, 2019

"New NAFTA" would worsen the family farm crisis and keep consumers in the dark about their food

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
The economic state of U.S. agriculture is dire. The Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City, Minneapolis and Chicago report that a growing percentage of U.S. farmers cannot pay the interest on their loans. Five years of falling cash receipts for agricultural commodities is eroding equity for operations that are not forced out of farming.
HAFA Farm
Feb 7, 2019

Uprooted Episode 58: A Green New Deal for Rural America

Josh talks with Ben Lilliston about an op-ed he had in The Hill, laying out the principles created in 2015 by the Rural Clima
Uprooted logo
Feb 4, 2019

The state of the USDA: A quiet dismantling

by
Ben Lilliston
As President Trump prepares the State of the Union address at the midpoint of his term, fights over the U.S.-Mexico border wall, the Russia investigation, and his latest tweet are dominating headlines. But beneath the noise lies a remarkable, relentless, and often secretive two-year effort to structurally weaken and starve the Department of Agriculture.
Sonny Perdue