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Webinar on Opposing Corporate Ag Power and Live Good Grain Event
Join the Barn Raiser rural advocacy publication and the Farm Action non-profit for their March 4 webinar, Undoing the Power of Corporate Ag in Rural America.
Here is how the organizers describe the program:
In the 1990s, a new agriculture production model called concentrated animal feeding operations began to take hold, first in poultry and then in hogs and dairy. This model not only treated workers and animals as commodities in a brutal industry of slaughter and supply chain economics, but it also wreaked havoc on rural economies and the environment.
Meatpacker conglomerates like Smithfield, Tyson and JBS established powerful forms of corporate control that turned farmers into contract growers, or modern-day serfs. Today, many politicians and agriculture industry organizations continue to support this model of industrial farming that allows corporations to consolidate and wield their power over farmers to the detriment of rural communities and the environment.
Yet the tragic story of today’s food system is far from inevitable. Join Barn Raiser and Farm Action on Tuesday, March 4, to hear Sonja Eayrs, author of Dodge County, Inc., and Joe Maxwell, co-founder of Farm Action, discuss how farmers and rural communities across the country can fight corporate power, not only for the sake of land, labor and water, but for democracy itself.
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Midwest Covers and Grains Conference to Be Held March 5 in Baraboo, Wisconsin
The 3rd Annual Midwest Covers and Grains Conference, presented by the Practical Farmers of Iowa organization, will take place on March 5 at Great Wolf Lodge in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Here is how the organizers describe the event:
The Midwest Covers & Grains Conference brings together Midwestern farmers to promote successful farming using extended rotations and cover crops with or without livestock.
The conference includes farmer-led sessions for experienced practitioners and for those looking to add small grains and cover crops for the first time. Come explore these topics and network with other farmers and service providers!
Things to look forward to:
> Connecting with others curious to learn more about the benefits of small grains in rotation, implementing cover crops and incorporating livestock
> Two plenary sessions, afternoon breakouts and ample time for networking with farmers, industry representatives and exhibitor
> Conference meals and snacks made with ingredients from Wisconsin farms
> A farmer social immediately following the conference on March 5 at Moosejaw Pizza & Dells Brewing Co.
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