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Celebrating National Farm City Week
November 13, 2018
Did you know the week of Thanksgiving is always National Farm City Week? As we gear up to spend time with family and enjoy a meal, it is the perfect time to reflect on exactly how agriculture stretches from the farm fields, to city tables and beyond.
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What Is The AG and Legal Workforce Act?
September 17, 2018
If you ask a farmer, “What do you think about your future labor needs on your farm?” chances are, you’ll get an earful about the availability of reliable farm workers to help them milk their cows, harvest their fruit or vegetables, or work their crops. Agricultural labor reform has been at the forefront of legislative policy for most agriculture groups for the past 20 years,...
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A Labor of Love...and Sweat and Tears...
September 03, 2018
“In no other country do so few people produce so much food, to feed so many, at such reasonable prices.”
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
President Eisenhower was President more than 50 years ago…and yet these words still ring true today, perhaps even more than they did then. In 1900, 38% of the United States wad directly employed in agriculture, and today, it is less than 2%. And still, each U.S. farmer producers enough food and fiber for 165 people both in the U.S. and abroad, and do so with few inputs than they did even 30 years ago.
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Let's Talk "Ag"vocacy!
August 27, 2018
Confession – “ag”vocacy is not a word that you will find in a dictionary. So what exactly are we talking about? Well…we’re talking about:
Advocating (show public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy) for Agriculture (the science of farming, including cultivation of the soil and the rearing of animals to provide food and other products).
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"Ag"vocacy At It's Finest
May 28, 2018
“If you think you are the smartest person in the room you have already proven yourself wrong.”
Ever heard that saying? The premise is that there will always be someone who knows more about something than you do. So what in the world does this have to do with agriculture and why is it on the Knowledge Center blog?
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