Around 9,000 Guatemalans traveled to the United States with temporary work contracts in one year, still a negligible number compared to the hundreds of thousands of those detained and deported for trying to cross the border irregularly
Enterprising young people face an uphill battle in establishing themselves in agriculture, given prohibitive land prices, student loan debt and limited health care options.
Why should our next generation of farmers – and just about everyone who eats – care about the farm bill? Celize Christy, an Organizer at HEAL Food Alliance explains the basic details on what’s in the legislation, how it gets written, and how it impacts you. Then, Young Farmers’ Policy Campaigns Co-Director Vanessa Garcia Polanco lays out the path forward in terms of the most important issues this time around. And we talk to farmers KD Randall and Matt Hollenbeck about what they need from their policymakers in D.C.
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN
(CNN) Xochitl Torres Small was sworn in as deputy agriculture secretary of the US Department of Agriculture on July 17, making history as the first Latina in the No. 2 position.
Her ascension to the position comes amid efforts by the USDA to rectify decades of discri
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