Mateusz has had the privilege of fruitful harvests beyond the farm gate. Meeting other regenerative farmers and young entrepreneurs during a trip to the US has energised his advocacy work to put farmers at the centre of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
After a devastating hailstorm in eastern Oregon, community members are lending each other a helping hand. In mid-August, a severe storm dropped hail the size of baseballs on the town of Wallowa. It damaged nearly every vehicle in the town of 800, smashed windows and battered roofs. .
An organization defending the rights of thousands of farmworkers in Ohio and other states is creating its road map for the future. The Farm Labor Organizing Committee recently held its 14th Quadrennial Convention in Northwest Ohio. Baldemar Velasquez, president of the committee, explained one major challenge is farmworkers are not protected under the National Labor Relations Act because they are not defined as employees. .
Supporters of a long-standing North Dakota law emphasizing family farms are celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, at a time of increased debate about the influence of corporate agriculture. The state s Anti-Corporate Farming Law came together through a citizens initiative in 1932 when Midwestern farmers were going bankrupt, and out-of-state financial institutions were handling those cases. The law was meant to protect the land from being swallowed up by larger operations. .