by Lynne Whitbeck | Oct 3, 2023 | Down to Earth, Economics, Rural Communities
Funneling federal ag money to the people who most need it The Biden administration has allocated significant funding to promoting healthy and resilient food systems, and they’re directing it toward smaller and midsize businesses, not the huge conglomerates. But how...
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jul 11, 2023 | Down to Earth, Economics, Racial Equity
Healing the trauma of Black land loss through regenerative rice production Konda Mason is co-founder and president of Jubilee Justice, a non-profit dedicated to regenerative agriculture, racial justice, cooperative practices, and healing the wounds of Black American...
by Lynne Whitbeck | Apr 26, 2022 | Climate Change, Down to Earth, Economics, Policy, Soil
For the US to have a resilient food system at a large scale will require changes in national policy. Aria McLauchlan and Harley Cross of Land Core lay out how the Farm Bill, which will be reauthorized in 2023, can stimulate healthy–and long-term sustainable–farming practices.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Apr 12, 2022 | Climate Change, Down to Earth, Economics, Succession
Healthy-soil agriculture has the potential to solve a lot of big problems from climate to nutrition. But how do you bring it to scale within the realities of a competitive market system with narrow profit margins? Jessica Chiartas of Regen1 tells us––and it’s not easy or fast.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Nov 2, 2021 | Decolonizing Ag, Down to Earth, Economics, Racial Equity, Rural Communities
Renard Turner and his wife are agrarian entrepreneurs who produce local, sustainable, regenerative food at their Virginia goat farm–and they provide a model for future farmers and homesteaders.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jan 20, 2021 | Down to Earth, Economics, Farming, Policy, Rural Communities
Joe Maxwell is a farmer and policy leader, and he knows that consumer demand is not enough to make the shift toward a healthy food system. He lays out the problems–and some ways forward.