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A Note From the Editor
Let's start a good conversation By Heidi Marttila-Losure As I dive into this new role as editor and designer for NPSAS publications, I want to put forward three questions as a focus for this work. The first is the most basic: What do we, as people who care about […]
North Dakotans, the ND Department of Ag is asking that you get in touch with your extension agent to report losses from the wet weather. It may not be fun to talk about but it's good for this information to get recorded.
How's everybody doing?Thank you for the outpouring of stories and images that tell the impact of this storm. We will keep adding photos.
And so it begins!
Is this by your place?
On Friday, October 18th NDSU Extension is hosting an important workshop for folks who work with rural youthFrom Field to Farmhouse - Farm Financial Outlook and Stress in Rural Youth Workshop on October 18th in Mandan.
This workshop is open to teachers, school administrators, 4-H leaders, Extension Educators, FFA advisors, youth pastors, anyone who lives with, works with and is concerned for farm and ranch youth.
This weekend our friends at Sustainable Farming Association - Lake Agassiz Chapter are having a party!
NDSU Extension’s Brad Brummond Named to Hall of Fame
North Dakota State University Extension agent Brad Brummond has been named to the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) Hall of Fame.Congratulations, Brad. Always enjoyed working with you in NPSAS!!
This is great! Congrats.
Calling all farmers in the Northern Plains!
This year’s devastating losses from extreme weather have brought home the urgent need to address the climate crisis and its impacts on agriculture. Now is the time to join thousands of other farmers and ranchers across the nation to ask policymakers and federal administrators to help us meet the challenges of a changing climate. Please consider signing the letter below to voice your concerns about climate change impacts on agriculture in the United States and to call for solutions that invest in our rural and agricultural communities.
Please note that we are specifically seeking signatures from farmers and ranchers for this organizing effort: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDGgIPG6CfY86ZeUysd8DmNOrJzMoBQa6wp4SCC0T72PeivA/viewform?entry...
Farmer Letter on Climate Change Solutions in Agriculture
A coalition of farm organizations and their allies around the country are circulating the farmer statement on the climate crisis below. Please consider adding your name. The statement will be made pub...I just shared it with the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club's Executive Committee. Fred Kirschenmann and Patti Naylor are both members. Thanks for doing this NPSAS!
Mother Nature does not discriminate, and neither should we. I have called Verna and she has shared with me the authors of this letter. Please contact Verna and call them to urge them to change this wording, "We recognize that these challenges are not experienced equally—disproportionately affecting socially disadvantaged communities, especially farmers and ranchers of color.", to something along the lines of poor and disenfranchised people of all races. When MLK was killed, he was organizing a 500,000 person march of all races to Washingtin DC. His plan was not to leave until Congress enacted and the President signed a Basic Minimum Income for all in the United States. If you have not heard about the 1619 Project, check out the NYTIMES. We have all been impacted by slavery and that is what reparations look like, a Basic Minimum income. Dividing US with identity politics like the statement above will only bring about more divisions. More mass shootings. My neighbor says if you dont work, you dont eat. But with further conversation it comes out he applied for SNAP and was turned down, even though he could not feed his family with what was left of his weekly milk check. This affects us all, especially those struggling financially. Race does not unless those administering the government programs make it a problem. Mother Nature does not discriminate, and neither should we.
North Dakotans, the ND Department of Ag is asking that you get in touch with your extension agent to report losses from the wet weather. It may not be fun to talk about but it's good for this information to get recorded.
How's everybody doing?Thank you for the outpouring of stories and images that tell the impact of this storm. We will keep adding photos.
And so it begins!
Is this by your place?
On Friday, October 18th NDSU Extension is hosting an important workshop for folks who work with rural youthFrom Field to Farmhouse - Farm Financial Outlook and Stress in Rural Youth Workshop on October 18th in Mandan.
This workshop is open to teachers, school administrators, 4-H leaders, Extension Educators, FFA advisors, youth pastors, anyone who lives with, works with and is concerned for farm and ranch youth.
This weekend our friends at Sustainable Farming Association - Lake Agassiz Chapter are having a party!
NDSU Extension’s Brad Brummond Named to Hall of Fame
North Dakota State University Extension agent Brad Brummond has been named to the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) Hall of Fame.Congratulations, Brad. Always enjoyed working with you in NPSAS!!
This is great! Congrats.
Calling all farmers in the Northern Plains!
This year’s devastating losses from extreme weather have brought home the urgent need to address the climate crisis and its impacts on agriculture. Now is the time to join thousands of other farmers and ranchers across the nation to ask policymakers and federal administrators to help us meet the challenges of a changing climate. Please consider signing the letter below to voice your concerns about climate change impacts on agriculture in the United States and to call for solutions that invest in our rural and agricultural communities.
Please note that we are specifically seeking signatures from farmers and ranchers for this organizing effort: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDGgIPG6CfY86ZeUysd8DmNOrJzMoBQa6wp4SCC0T72PeivA/viewform?entry...
Farmer Letter on Climate Change Solutions in Agriculture
A coalition of farm organizations and their allies around the country are circulating the farmer statement on the climate crisis below. Please consider adding your name. The statement will be made pub...I just shared it with the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club's Executive Committee. Fred Kirschenmann and Patti Naylor are both members. Thanks for doing this NPSAS!
Mother Nature does not discriminate, and neither should we. I have called Verna and she has shared with me the authors of this letter. Please contact Verna and call them to urge them to change this wording, "We recognize that these challenges are not experienced equally—disproportionately affecting socially disadvantaged communities, especially farmers and ranchers of color.", to something along the lines of poor and disenfranchised people of all races. When MLK was killed, he was organizing a 500,000 person march of all races to Washingtin DC. His plan was not to leave until Congress enacted and the President signed a Basic Minimum Income for all in the United States. If you have not heard about the 1619 Project, check out the NYTIMES. We have all been impacted by slavery and that is what reparations look like, a Basic Minimum income. Dividing US with identity politics like the statement above will only bring about more divisions. More mass shootings. My neighbor says if you dont work, you dont eat. But with further conversation it comes out he applied for SNAP and was turned down, even though he could not feed his family with what was left of his weekly milk check. This affects us all, especially those struggling financially. Race does not unless those administering the government programs make it a problem. Mother Nature does not discriminate, and neither should we.
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