Our program today started with Steve Johnson, Farm Management Specialist with ISU Extension, giving us a brief overview of the complex government programs and issues that today's farmers need to navigate to make decisions. Our discussion centered around disturbing recently published research indicating how disproportionately large farmers were benefiting and small farmers were suffering from current prices and supports. As our discussion compared the present to the Farm Crisis of the '80s, historian Pamela Riney-Kehrberg told us about her research into that time . Turning to collective activism, Ava Auen-Ryan announced a series of community conversations taking place throughout the state
Dennis Hart and Paul Wierson discussed another issue that became a major story only in the age of Covid 19 -- Meat packing plants and alternatives.
Originally broadcast 07/15/2020
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