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Comments on the Implementation of Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
In order to achieve parity in our food system we must immediately, substantially, and permanently address issues of discrimination from the bottom up, from racial, ethnic, social, sexual inequalities, to the discrimination system of corporations against our individual agency and democracy.
Comments on Climate-Related Financial Risks: Carbon Markets
The USDA must finalize, implement, and enforce strong rules to protect the rights of poultry growers, improve competition and transparency, and firmly address exploitative practices in the poultry industry.
Comments on Fairness in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments
The USDA must finalize, implement, and enforce strong rules to protect the rights of poultry growers, improve competition and transparency, and firmly address exploitative practices in the poultry industry.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Inflation Reduction Act’s Effects on US Agriculture
The Inflation Reduction Act is certainly an important piece of legislation, with many far-reaching impacts on the US food and agriculture sector. Not all of these impacts are good, however, and some are downright ugly.
Comments on Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments
The USDA must finalize, implement, and enforce strong rules to protect the rights of poultry growers, improve competition and transparency, and firmly address exploitative practices in the poultry industry.
Disparity to Parity: Environmental Resilience through Agricultural Policy
As Disparity to Parity essayist Doug Gurrian-Sherman wrote: “The historical and largely white incrementalist environmental movement, including its agricultural manifestations, has failed to adequately protect the environment, let alone the rights and well-being of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities. …
Justice cannot be piecemeal: a personal introduction to the NFFC
There is a false dichotomy between the interests of farmers and farmworkers: both have seen their incomes and safety decreased while processing plants, distributors, supermarkets, and food corporations disproportionately increased their utilities.
Civil Society Mechanism releases COVID-19 report
The report highlights the need for building sustainable and equitable food and farm systems through comprehensive policy reform.
Op-ed by George Naylor – Agriculture or agribusiness? As Iowa goes…
With so much at stake, we should be very clear about our vision for agriculture. The agribusiness vision is not the only or best one, especially for family farmers.