The Farmstand: RAFI’s Blog

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Lessons Learned from North Carolina’s Farmer-Veterans

April 21, 2014
'Helping' is temporary. It creates a power dynamic, an authority figure and a sense of dependence. 'Helping' implies that people cannot 'help' themselves. I am not here to 'help' farmer-veterans. I am here to remind them of the power they already have and connect them with the means to use that power.
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New video interview highlights work of farmworker youth

April 17, 2014
Children as young as 6 years old work in North Carolina fields. Farmworker youth have the highest high school dropout rate in the nation. Neftali Cuello is a prominent youth leader of Poder Juvenil Campesino (Rural Youth Power), a group of youth farmworkers and activists.
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FY 2015 requests to USDA

April 4, 2014
Our requests for FY2015, on behalf of 58 organizations and businesses, include funding and report language that enhance public plant breeding for the 21st century.
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