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What Has Happened to the America I Remember? The America of 1956 is not the America we in the United Kingdom know today. The "special relationship" if broken.

Jane Miller, Barn Raiser’s “From the Old Country” columnist, remembers her first visit to America in 1956 and reflects on what has happened to the “special relationship” between the United States and the United Kingdom. barnraisingmedia.com/what-has-hap...

Why Is California Paying North Carolina Farms to Make Gas From Hog Waste? A California-funded project is fueling a growing biogas pipeline network that has drawn civil rights complaints because of its pollution.

A program meant to wean Californians off fossil fuels has instead propped up dairy and swine biogas projects in states across the country. In North Carolina, one company has been raking in the benefits while shifting the burden of pollution to rural residents. barnraisingmedia.com/why-is-calif...

County Before Country A Wisconsin pastor has won over conservatives by promulgating resistance to state and federal “tyranny.” Now, he’s intent on bringing “judgment” to the Republican Party and Western Christianity.

How a Wisconsin pastor is leading the far-right crusade to criminalize LGBTQ people and destroy Western Christianity

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How the U.S. Enlisted Farmers to ‘Feed the World’ in the 20th Century It was also a time when the federal government took a more active role in rural communities. Simons explores how the Lend-Lease Act of 1941—which enabled the U.S. to supply Great Britain, the Soviet…

As Trump eliminates U.S. international aid programs, a new history details the instrumental role Midwestern farmers played in establishing them

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Welcoming the Wolf at the Door By protecting endangered wolves, conservationists support a healthy environment. Yet the federal government now has wolves in its sights.

By protecting endangered wolves, conservationists support a healthy environment

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County Before Country A Wisconsin pastor has won over conservatives by promulgating resistance to state and federal “tyranny.” Now, he’s intent on bringing “judgment” to the Republican Party and Western Christianity.

Over the past decade, a Wisconsin pastor has won over conservatives across the nation by preaching a doctrine of resistance to state and federal “tyranny.” Now, he’s intent on bringing “judgment” to the Republican Party and Western Christianity. barnraisingmedia.com/county-befor...

Mr. Trump, Your Ballroom Will Not Stand Since the 13th century, the doctrine of Waste has prohibited anyone from destroying or altering property without permission from the titled owner.

The White House ballroom project is outside the centuries-old boundaries of common law

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Rural America Knows How Greenland Feels. We Just Don’t Have Its Universal Health Care. Like Greenland, rural America has a history of decisions being made by people far away. The difference is Greenland has universal health care.

Like Greenland, rural America has a history of decisions being made by people who do not live with the consequences

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What if Big Ag Didn’t Control Our Food? Austin Frerick shares big ideas for how to transform food in the United States. For Frerick, radical change starts with radical imagination

"For every dollar Americans spend at the store, farmers in America get $0.14, the least amount ever recorded in American history. Once you know this, you realize the farm bill is designed for Cargill, for Pepsi, it’s not designed for farmers." barnraisingmedia.com/what-if-big-...

Are Americans Getting Sweet on Sorghum? As climate change disrupts maple syrup production in the U.S. Northeast, farmers are looking to alternatives. Enter sorghum, a drought-resistant “ancient grain.”

While some farmers have tried to adapt using more efficient means of producing maple syrup, others are searching for alternatives. One contender is sorghum, a drought-tolerant, heat-resistant “ancient grain." barnraisingmedia.com/are-american...

Big Ag Has Corrupted Our Food System. Here’s How We Can Rebuild. Austin Frerick explains how corporate monopolies captured farm bill policy, and how farmers and eaters can unite to fix our food system.

"First of all, fun little fact: The first antitrust laws in the world come out of Iowa. It was Iowa farmers mad against the railroads and grain elevators. So they organized the Iowa legislative body to pass the first antitrust laws in the world." barnraisingmedia.com/big-ag-has-c...

What if Big Ag Didn’t Control Our Food? Austin Frerick shares big ideas for how to transform food in the United States. For Frerick, radical change starts with radical imagination

In part two of his interview with Barn Raiser, Austin Frerick talks about the rural innovators and the big ideas that could transform the American food system. barnraisingmedia.com/what-if-big-...

Big Ag Has Corrupted Our Food System. Here’s How We Can Rebuild. Austin Frerick explains how corporate monopolies captured farm bill policy, and how farmers and eaters can unite to fix our food system.

Austin Frerick explains how eaters and farmers can unite to fix our broken food system

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Robotics: The Last Nail in Rural America’s Coffin? John Deere has announced its plans to go 100% robotic by 2030. What does that mean for rural America?

Farms without farmers are likely coming to a county near you

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Five Seismic Shocks to the Military in 2025 Today’s military is more diverse than ever. A year into the Trump administration, service members say they are facing more threats to their freedoms than ever.

A Christian Nationalist Agenda could threaten the freedoms of all Americans

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Big Ag Has Corrupted Our Food System. Here’s How We Can Rebuild. Austin Frerick explains how corporate monopolies captured farm bill policy, and how farmers and eaters can unite to fix our food system.

Antitrust expert Austin Frerick @austinfrerick.bsky.social explains how corporate monopolies captured farm bill policy, and how farmers and eaters can unite locally to fix our broken food system. barnraisingmedia.com/big-ag-has-c...

Are Americans Getting Sweet on Sorghum? As climate change disrupts maple syrup production in the U.S. Northeast, farmers are looking to alternatives. Enter sorghum, a drought-resistant “ancient grain.”

With maple syrup production shrinking as the world warms farmers see this ancient grain an alternative

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Will Trump Meet His Russian Winter in Minnesota? Trump, Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement face a unified Minnesota home team in the dead of winter

ICE is up against cold-hardy people whose forebearers fought for justice

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What Happens When a Small Town Can’t Drink Its Water? Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa, even when they have advanced filtration systems.

Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa, even when they have advanced filtration systems

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Mr. Trump, Your Ballroom Will Not Stand Since the 13th century, the doctrine of Waste has prohibited anyone from destroying or altering property without permission from the titled owner.

The White House ballroom project is outside the centuries-old boundaries of common law

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Mr. Trump, Your Ballroom Will Not Stand Since the 13th century, the doctrine of Waste has prohibited anyone from destroying or altering property without permission from the titled owner.

In response to a recent hearing in a lawsuit against the White House East Wing ballroom project, Trump proclaimed online, “IT IS TOO LATE!” to stop the project. Yet, a more than 800-year-old common law precedent could be the key to halting Trump’s palatial plans. barnraisingmedia.com/trump-white-...

What Happens When a Small Town Can’t Drink Its Water? Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa, even when they have advanced filtration systems.

For six months in 2025, residents of Early, Iowa, found their water was unsafe to drink due to nitrate pollution. Early is far from alone, as small towns across rural America face tough questions. barnraisingmedia.com/what-happens...

Five Seismic Shocks to the Military in 2025 Today’s military is more diverse than ever. A year into the Trump administration, service members say they are facing more threats to their freedoms than ever.

A Christian Nationalist Agenda could threaten the freedoms of all Americans

barnraisingmedia.com/five-seismic...

Are Americans Getting Sweet on Sorghum? As climate change disrupts maple syrup production in the U.S. Northeast, farmers are looking to alternatives. Enter sorghum, a drought-resistant “ancient grain.”

With maple syrup production shrinking as the world warms farmers see this ancient grain an alternative

barnraisingmedia.com/are-american...

States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans The clock is ticking for states to use federal money to fix systemic problems that leave rural Americans without access to good health care.

The clock is ticking for states to use federal money to fix systemic problems in rural health care

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Barbara Kingsolver on the Women of the Great Arizona Mine Strike In 1983, Barbara Kingsolver was a freelance journalist assigned to report on strike-gripped Arizona mining towns. Her reporting resonates today.

“If we could just get rid of these broads, we’d have it made,” said an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer

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States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans The clock is ticking for states to use federal money to fix systemic problems that leave rural Americans without access to good health care.

A new analysis looks at whether political bias played a role in distributing federal funds for cash-strapped rural hospitals. The clock is now ticking for states to use these funds to fix systemic issues in rural health care. barnraisingmedia.com/states-race-...

Are Americans Getting Sweet on Sorghum? As climate change disrupts maple syrup production in the U.S. Northeast, farmers are looking to alternatives. Enter sorghum, a drought-resistant “ancient grain.”

As climate change shifts seasonal weather patterns in the U.S., farmers in the Northeast are searching for climate-resilient sweetener alternatives. Enter sorghum, a drought-resistant “ancient grain.” barnraisingmedia.com/are-american...

Robotics: The Last Nail in Rural America’s Coffin? John Deere has announced its plans to go 100% robotic by 2030. What does that mean for rural America?

Farms without farmers are likely coming to a county near you

barnraisingmedia.com/robot-farms-...