When “saving a snake” means losing your land
A federal judge overturned an endangered-species designation imposed on private land with no evidence to support it — but most landowners don’t have the resources to fight back.
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Farmers Under Pressure: Economic Stress and Isolation Fuel a Growing Mental Health Crisis
An Iowa Public Radio report follows the story of an Iowa farmer grappling with depression and loss, revealing how market volatility, rising costs, and isolation are pushing farmers into a mental health crisis — with suicide rates far higher than the national average.
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American farmers are being crushed — and it isn’t the trade war
A new investigation shows how decades of consolidation have trapped U.S. farmers in a system designed for them to lose.
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Globalism and Centralization | Industry Monopolies | News | Personal Solutions | Public Advocacy | Saving Family Farms
A brief history of American food monopolies
Hidden behind the illusion of choice at the grocery store is a highly consolidated system in which a handful of corporations control the animals, the farmers, the processing, and ultimately the price of the food on your plate.
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Farmers may face a fourth federal bailout in 13 months — a glaring sign the system isn’t working
Emergency aid is keeping farms afloat, but only structural policy reform will allow farmers to earn a living.
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Globalism and Centralization | Helping Farmers Sell Locally | Industry Monopolies | News | Saving Family Farms
Half of America’s farms are about to change hands — who will own the land?
Whether America’s farmland goes to young farmers or financial giants may define the future of our food system, Joel Salatin warns.
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Viral video: farmer cuts out corporate America, makes more money
This farmer didn’t ask permission, wait for policy reform or beg for subsidies. He simply sold directly to people who actually need food.
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American farmers confront a suicide crisis
With suicide rates 3.5 times higher than the general population, farm families are battling financial stress, isolation, and grief — while grassroots groups fight to bring hope and resources to rural America.
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‘Pay up or lawyer up’: Farmers take eminent domain case to Supreme Court
North Dakota landowners say an Eighth Circuit ruling lets pipeline companies lowball offers and punish anyone who fights back.
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Joel Salatin’s “Food Emancipation Proclamation”: A Call for Food Freedom
The farmer-philosopher says it’s time to unshackle small farmers and consumers from industrial food laws that protect Big Ag while choking local choice.
