Nolan and Trisha Zachman raise pigs without gestation crates at Feathered Acres Learning Farm and Inn in Belgrade, Minnesota. They farm within the Niman Ranch network, which Trisha Zachman described as more […]
Proposition 12 continues to be controversial among pork producers. It prohibits the sale of pork in California from breeding pigs housed in conditions considered “cruel”. The U.S. Supreme court upheld prop 12 […]
Scott Thomsen is a fourth-generation Nebraska farmer and three-time voter for President Donald Trump. For years, he voted Republican, drawn to the party’s message of fiscal restraint. Not anymore. “I’m […]
Rural advocacy groups have launched an initiative to raise awareness of rural issues and support producers who grow healthy food in Nebraska. The effort is part of a broader strategy […]
The primary driver of inflation in the U.S. economy—the forever war in Iran—has not yet taken full effect. Now we’ve found an entirely new driver. Last week, the flesh-eating parasite known […]
What’s a screwworm? Bad news. The invasive species of parasitic fly larvae was reported in Texas this week 60 years after it was largely eradicated in the U.S. Screwworms can burrow in […]
The American family farm is being systematically wiped out as corporate monopolies are taking over our food supply. That’s why Joe Maxwell of the Farm Action Fund has launched the […]
Kim Iverson interviews Farm Action Fund president Joe Maxwell on the launch of the Rural Independence Initiative and how Americans need to unite behind family farmers and healthy food.
(ABC 6 News) – As the DFL Convention got underway in Rochester on Friday, a group of activists gathered outside the Mayo Civic Center to advocate for family farmers and […]
I was taken aback by Duane Stateler’s Oct. 11 op-ed, “Pork prices are rising thanks to California — Congress can fix it.” Like Stateler, I am a multi-generation farmer. My […]
