Food sovereignty, which includes peoples’ right to healthy and culturally appropriate food and the right to define their own food and agriculture systems, is inherent to tribes, a leader says. There's bipartisan support to work on the matter and hope for more in the farm bill.
Starting with the failed-to-deliver debacle of the 2023 Farm Bill to what a second Trump Administration might mean for ag, there is plenty at stake, Dave Dickey predicts.
A few Oklahoma farmers and ranchers got the chance on Nov. 6 to raise some points about the Farm Bill and rural concerns with House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson. They stressed the financial risks currently facing producers.
The Farm Bill was first passed in 1933. While the bill still serves to support farmers, it has also evolved to fund food assistance programs and conservation efforts. It's up for negotiation in 2023.
The pork industry shifted dramatically over the past three decades. A USDA report tracks how the industry moved away from small operations to CAFOs, production contracts nd specialization.
