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We're Highlighting Farmer Mental Health — Farm Aid

In recent years, a bright spotlight has been shined on the issues of stress and mental health in rural and farm communities. This increased attention has enabled an open and honest conversation about the ways that farmers, ranchers and farmworkers experience stress … See more

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Agriculture as Therapy, for Veterans and All of Us – Farm …

WEBFarmer Resource Network. Marvin Frink of Briarwood Cattle Farm, LLC in Red Springs, North Carolina, is a veteran of the U.S. Army who came to farming as a …

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Why Farmers Face Unique Threats from Stress – Farm Aid

WEBAt Farm Aid, we believe it’s essential to bring attention to the unique stressors that family farmers face; call for increased mental health resources for rural …

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Local Food Hub: Growing Food For Health – Farm Aid

WEBFor more than 35 years, Farm Aid has stood with family farmers. With your support, we’ll continue to be here for them. $25 $50 $100 Other. Local Food Hub's Fresh Farmacy …

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FARMERS FIRST: A Senate Bill to Increase Rural Mental …

WEBIn April, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced the bi-partisan “Facilitating Accessible Resources for Mental Health and …

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Cultivemos: The Network for Farmer Well-Being – Farm Aid

WEBFarm Aid is a member of Cultivemos (formerly known as FRSAN-NE, the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Northeast), which aims to improve behavioral health …

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What is a family farm

WEBBut this does little to characterize most family farms or the threats they face. For example, a farm itself is defined by USDA as any operation selling $1,000 or more of …

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Strong Together: Mental Health in the Agricultural …

WEBMore from Cultivemos. Click here for more resources produced by the Cultivemos network. Cultivemos aims to improve behavioral health awareness, literacy, access, and …

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GMOs — Top five concerns for family farmers – Farm Aid

WEBThis concentration has made a huge dent in farmers’ pockets. USDA data show that the per-acre cost of soybean and corn seed spiked dramatically between 1995 …

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GMOs — What eaters need to know – Farm Aid

WEBIn processed foods, they show up as sugars, syrups, oils, emulsifiers and other additives. It is estimated that up to 80% of processed foods contain GMOs. …

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Community wins represent momentum in fight against factory farms

WEBAnti-CAFO organizers in Indiana notched two important wins against CAFOs in their communities in 2023. In Steuben County, a proposed CAFO sought an …

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Farm Aid Grants — Keeping Family Farmers on the Land

WEBIn 2023, Farm Aid granted more than $1.3 million! Farm Aid distributed $1,346,015 in grant funding in 2023, prioritizing grant proposals that advanced our 2023 priority issue areas: …

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What the Dust Bowl taught farmers

WEBNovember 2012. A dust storm approaches Stratford, Texas, in 1935. Photo in the public domain, courtesy of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Dear …

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Understanding Backwards: Lessons from the 1980s farm crisis

WEBUnderstanding Backwards: Lessons from the 1980s farm crisis. This post comes to us from our friends at the Kansas Farmers Union. In it, Tom Parker talks about …

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Understanding the Economic Crisis Family Farms are Facing

WEBBetween 2013 and 2018, farmers experienced a nearly 50% drop in net farm income as the prices for corn, wheat, dairy, beef and other farm products crashed. While …

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Hilde’s take home lesson from this year’s CFSC conference

WEBGreat things are bound to happen when you bring anti-hunger, social and economic justice, environmental, public health, and sustainable agriculture groups to the table. In fact, …

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What’s in the 2018 Farm Bill

WEBRural Matters: The 2018 Farm Bill overturns the outrageous decision made last year by Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to eliminate the position of an …

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Farm Bill 101 – Farm Aid

WEBTitle I: Commodities. $314 Billion over 5 years, 7.3% of total. The commodities title dates to the very first farm bill in 1933, and it works to ensure that …

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Factory Farms – Farm Aid Fact Sheet

WEBCAFOs are large agricultural enterprises where animals are raised in confined settings (meaning inside buildings, not in open space) and are sustained on purchased …

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Are factory farms threatening family farms

WEBThe answer to your question is an emphatic YES! Yes, the increasing corporate concentration and industrialization of agriculture in the United States …

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Rebuilding America’s Economy with Family Farms

WEBThe National Commission on Small Farms defines it as a farm with annual gross sales below $250,000, though this is meant to distinguish between small and large farms, …

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