USDA Canceled $300M in Farm Grants
Because of “fraud” — but where is the evidence? By Ayurella Horn-Muller Leah Atwood was rattled. It was the tail end of March, and for days she and her colleagues at Agroecology Commons had been…
August 2026
Tips for Talking with Legislators
By Kara Hoving From tariffs to conservation funds, federal policies trickle down in various ways to influence farmers’ day-to-day decision-making. Small- and mid-scale farmers are feeling the impacts of Washington lawmakers’ shifting priorities — which…
Feeding Kids, Fighting Cuts
Farmers keep the faith after losing USDA funds By Kara Hoving Farmers, more than anyone, are experts in resilience. From unexpected weather to shifting market patterns, farmers are constantly adapting and pivoting to do what’s…
Notes from the Fields
Recent news of organizing and outreach work with NC farmworkers By El Futuro Es Nuestro Farmworkers who arrived in May from Mexico face new exploitative H-2A rules cutting their wages, not to mention the threat…
The MARA Act
Would Open our Oceans to the Harms of Factory Farming By Ryan Nebeker Proponents of fish farming say it’s the most sustainable way to meet the protein needs of a growing world population. But people…
Bolivia’s General Strike
Against Right-Wing Regime By Olivia Arigho-Stiles “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land,” Frantz Fanon wrote in The Wretched of the Earth: “the land…
Tunisia’s Olives and the EU Colonial Machine
Why Tunisia still can’t capture the value it creates By Fadhel Kaboub Did you know that some of your favorite olive oil may come with a bitter colonial aftertaste? Allow me to explain. Tunisia is…
Corporate Ag Brings Global Risks
What happens when the world’s breadbaskets start failing simultaneously? By Ekamjot Dhillon Agriculture today is a massive, globally interconnected industry. That interconnectivity has brought jobs and varied foods to people who might not otherwise be…
Rooted in Resistance
Territories for Climate Justice By Nyeleni Agrarian reform and redistribution must be at the heart of climate policies Placing land and territories under the control of small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, and rural communities is…
Yaoundé Declaration
The WTO and Free Trade Cause Hunger, Poverty and Inequality By La Via Campesina A new trade framework based on food sovereignty is urgent and necessary! For nearly thirty years the establishment of the World…