Yearly Archives: 2015

62 posts

John Oliver Viewer's Guide

June 11, 2015
HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver recently featured a segment on chicken farmers and the poultry industry. RAFI has a long history working with poultry farmers for reform in contract agriculture, and we’ve put together some research to give you a quick overview of the data behind the issues highlighted in the show.
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Free Risk Management Workshop & Dinner for Kentucky Farmers

June 4, 2015
Do you have a plan for managing risk on your farm? Join Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) staff members in discussing crucial farm risk management issues and develop a plan for better addressing risk on your farm. We especially welcome veteran farmers and will focus on a handful of topics related to farm finance and risk management.
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RAFI's New Contract Poultry Page is Up!

May 15, 2015
RAFI invites you to visit our new & updated Contract Agriculture Reform website, unveiled only hours ago. We've been working hard to bring you new resources, content, and stories. Please have a look around, let us know what you think, and share with your network.
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#TBT: Revisiting “The Plucking of the American Chicken Farmer” -- 15 Years Later

May 14, 2015
In 1999, The Baltimore Sun ran a three-part series on the poultry industry and the farmers caught up in the abusive contracts and paralyzing debt that have since become all too common in contract poultry production. The series began with “The Plucking of the American Chicken Farmer,” which detailed the ruination of poultry farmers and pinpointed how some major companies were even cheating their growers. Collectively, the series presented 10 months of investigative work conducted by reporters Dan Fesperman and Kate Shatzkin.
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