by H. Claire Brown | September 18th, 2018 Aerial photos show livestock operations in various stages of inundation. Here’s what you need to know about this developing story. By Tuesday afternoon, the remains of Hurricane Florence had migrated up to New England, tapering off as the clouds prepared to drift from the East Coast into…
by John Murawski | September 18, 2018 The number of hogs and poultry killed in Hurricane Florence flooding is already double the casualties from Matthew in 2016, and the losses are expected to mount this week as new information comes in from farmers as they gain access to their properties. Meanwhile, the number of hog…
by MICHAEL BIESECKER | September 18, 2018 About 1.7 million chickens have been killed in flooding from Florence as rising North Carolina rivers swamped at least 60 farm buildings where the animals were being raised for market, according to a major poultry producer. Sanderson Farms said Tuesday the losses occurred at independent farms that supply…
by David Muraskin, Attorney, Public Justice | September 17, 2018 Editor’s note: The following commentary is in response to “HSUS, R-CALF, OCM: Guilt by Association?”, a commentary by Kate Miller, published by Drovers. The opinions in the commentary below are those of David Muraskin. The Drovers piece written by Kate Miller—that attacks me, my organization…
by Michael Biesecker and Gary d. Robertson, Associated Press, Associated Press | September 17, 2018 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Flooded rivers from Florence’s drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution concerns as the swollen waterways approach their crests Monday. North Carolina environmental regulators say several open-air manure pits at…
by Mike McGinnis | September 7, 2018 As the founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, and a farmer himself, John Boyd helps others face the many challenges of capturing a fair market at local mills and elevators, getting credit, and accessing USDA programs. SF: How many black U.S. farmers are there? JB:…
by Matt Driscoll | September 10, 2018 For more than a decade, Dan Hulse — the owner of Terra Organics — built a business on trying to bring local, organic produce to Tacoma and the South Sound. The vision included purchasing a farm near Orting in 2009 with his wife, Kim, and developing a distribution…
by AFP | August 30, 2018 Mounted on tractors and wielding flares, angry farmers came from all corners of France to say to Chinese investors: get off our land. Mounted on tractors and wielding flares, angry farmers came from all corners of France to say to Chinese investors: get off our land. More than 100…
by Claire Kelloway | September 13, 2018 Last week, a coalition of farmers, fishermen, and food system activists launched a new campaign that calls on three dominant food service management companies, Aramark, Compass Group, and Sodexo, to increase local and humane food purchasing, invest in racial equity, and reduce their carbon emissions, among other demands….
by Timothy Wise | September 13, 2018 Donald Trump and Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico’s lame-duck conservative president, are trying to push through new trade deal, but farmers are rising up in opposition The smooth ride to a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) may have just hit the bumpy roads of rural Mexico. On…