We're thrilled to see The Counter republishing rolando reyes zenteno's reporting on farmworkers and their families!

Powerful video. Important to watch.

Tyson Foods says the food supply is breaking. It was already broken - we just didn’t notice. Decades of prioritizing efficiency over flexibility, resilience, or equitability has made our food system unfair, unsustainable & vulnerable to disruption. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…

Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson! 🎂 farmaid.org/blog/happy-bir…

EPA just proposed dropping a rule that protects farmworkers from toxic pesticide -- at a time when these workers are risking their lives to put food on our tables... “We need more regulation, not less.” civileats.com/2020/04/22/cha…

Get all the information you need to connect with a local farmer to buy a whole (or half) pig for you and your family. How big a freezer do you need? How do you find a farmer? What’s it like to butcher a pig yourself? Find out in our guide. farmaid.org/blog/homegrown…

This is beyond alarming

Yes!

What an uplifting profile of a wonderful photographer and farmer. Way to go Sabine!

Millions of Dollars Heading to Farmers, but Small Farms Won’t See Much of it civileats.com/?p=36841

Thank you, Farm Aid

The concentration & specialization that made our food system vulnerable to disruptions from COVID-19 will make it vulnerable to climate change too. The solution? -local/regional food systems -more small/mid-sized farmers -a diversity of crops & livestock -regenerative principles

Sometimes I go silent on social media for a while. I find I need time to ruminate. I was feeling like I didn’t have much to say, and that I was just adding to a lot of noise. ⁠ ⁠ Now, though, I have something to share that I hope you will find uplift… instagr.am/p/CD2JGiYg05Z/

“Inside a massive mail-sorting facility in South Los Angeles, workers fell so far behind processing packages that by early August, gnats and rodents were swarming around containers of rotted fruit and meat, and baby chicks were dead inside their boxes." buff.ly/3j3PPXZ

Climate change is not a future or hypothetical problem - year after year, farmers and ranchers across the country are enduring extreme weather events and natural disasters. It's threatening their livelihoods - and if we don't act soon, it will threaten our food security too.

We've created a new fact sheet to help people understand the economic crisis that family farmers are facing. farmaid.org/blog/fact-shee…

What a wonderful night. Thank you for watching and being part of #FarmAid2020!! If you missed tonight's festival, visit farmaid.org where the show will be posted for 5 days! And, please donate to support family farmers and ranchers. www.fa… instagr.am/p/CFoBIIdHpKx/

For #FarmAid2020, we asked farmers to share how COVID is impacting their farm operations. Many said on the one hand, there's more demand for local meat (yay), but on the other, it's harder and harder to get an appointment for local meat processing. Here's a solution!

My inbox is full of photos and news of farmer friends’ greenhouses, and it’s made me itchy to get my own started. We finally had a warm sunny day today and I got my little garden bed weeded and wowee what a great feeling. I’ve forgotten how relaxing and … instagr.am/p/CNQneufBDtZ/

Today is the winter solstice, a time for deep rest, for going inward to heal what needs healing, and to dream what needs dreaming. I like these lines from a poem by Adrienne Maree Brown: “may we know, without question that there is time for our rest m… instagr.am/p/CXv4-xaFBH2/