Farmers who produce the food we eat don t always own the land that food is grown on, including in Wisconsin. Those trying to get their operations off the ground are being given tools to ensure more certainty about where they can do the work. More than one-third of Wisconsin farmland is leased, according to federal data. .
After a two-and-a-half-year process, time is winding down for the public to comment on new rules for concentrated animal feeding operations in Iowa. Backers of stronger rules said the state is not doing enough to protect air and groundwater from leaching manure. The proposed new rules are the product of petitions, drafts, comments and regulatory analysis. .
Washington state farmworkers are converging on Olympia this week to call for better working conditions. The 11th annual Farmworkers Tribunal is being held on Tuesday at the state Capitol. Rosalinda Guillen is the executive director of Community to Community Development, a Bellingham-based organization that focuses on food sovereignty and immigrant rights. .
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