Items Tagged with 'Rural'

In this opinion piece,  former Governor Rick Perry highlights Brooke's ag background and his long-time working relationship and personal friendship with Brooke Rollins. 

In this joint opinion piece, Manuel Otero, director general of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, and Fernando Mattos, minister of livestock, agriculture, and fisheries for Uruguay and president of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture, say an historic declaration facilitated by the G-20’s Agriculture Working Group makes the case for taking concrete steps to address the effects of climate change. 

Georgia, the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee are facing severe damage from category four Hurricane Helene that made landfall in Florida’s panhandle Thursday flattening crops, destroying infrastructure and taking over 130 lives in the storm’s destructive path. 

Rep. Brad Finstad, who is leading the House Agriculture subcommittee responsible for overseeing the farm bill's nutrition assistance programs, says lawmakers must ensure they offer "people a hand up, not just a handout."