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The Biden Administration Launches "Investing in Rural America" effort.

September Sprint (Or Sputter). And Some Thoughts on September 11th.

House Republican Appropriations Committee Doubles Down on Rural Budget Cuts.

Family Farmers Call Republican House Appropriations Bill an “Unacceptable Attack.”

Republicans Ramp Up Their Nutrition Assistance Attacks in House Agriculture Committee

Setting the Tone for Appropriations and Farm Bill Debates to Come, Republicans Win Key Priorities in Debt Ceiling Deal. Rural America Will Feel the Impacts.

$1.36 Billion Cut From Local Food Processing and Marketing, Organic Farming, and Urban Agriculture in Debt Ceiling Deal.

Meet Oregon farmer, state-level policy coordinator, and factory farm accountability advocate Kendra Kimbirauskas.

House Republicans Attempt to Slash Programs Rural People Rely On While Shielding Meatpackers Through Federal Appropriations.

The Supreme Court Just Gutted the Clean Water Act.

A Partner in a $70 Million Dollar USDA Climate Smart Commodity Grant calls carbon market projects into question

Republicans Demand SNAP Cuts In Debt Limit Deal.

"There is no way to cast a blanket statement on rural voters."

Putting Industrial Agriculture in its Place is Good Politics.

New Poll: Broad Support for Conservation, Farm Programs, Healthy Food in the Next Farm Bill.

There will be no cavalry that is not of our own making. . . .

Conserving Public Forests Pairs Well With Sustainable Timber Economy.

"When we are organizing in rural communities, sometimes we are quite literally the only alternative to that alt-right worldview."

Forget Soccer Moms. Let’s Talk About Rural SNAP Voters.

"Investing in rural organizing is what's going to bring the political changes we have been looking for."

Checkoff Reform Could Be a Key Issue in the 2023 Farm Bill.

Agriculture greenhouse gas pollution has risen steadily in the last 30 years, in spite of misinformation peddled by the Industrial Agriculture lobby.

"Country. Not Stupid. That’s what people get wrong about rural voters."

Some Democrats, like U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), believe a close relationship with the Farm Bureau helps win rural votes.

To My Rural Tennessee Neighbors: You Are Not Alone--A guest commentary.

The pen is mightier than the....Misinformation.

He often flies under the radar, but Glenn "GT" Thompson is one of the most powerful people in rural America--The Cocklebur #2

Farming practices are exempt from the Clean Water Act--The Cocklebur #1