food insecurity

Land Line: Conservation Cuts, Riverview, Rural Voices, USDA & Civil Rights, Grazing & Wildfires, Food Hub, Greenwashing, ICE Meat

By Brian DeVore (editor)

September 28, 2026

Sign Up for E-mail Delivery of The Land Line U.S. Farmers Lost Conservation Experts in Trump’s Federal Cuts. Now They’re Hurting for Help (9/12/26) Harvest Public Media reports that cuts to the federal workforce have made it harder for farmers to get assistance in adopting conservation practices. Highlights: The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: ag consolidation • Black farmers • community food systems • conservation policy • federal ag policy • Food Hubs • food insecurity • greenwashing • ICE • immigrants • local democracy • meatpackers • NRCS • Pigford • racial discrimination • regenerative farming • regenerative grazing • Riverview Dairy • sheep

Land Line: Corn Belt Cancer, Integrating Crops & Livestock, Trade Turmoil, Farmland Access, Erosion, SNAP, Microbe Memory

October 31, 2025

Report: Cancer Rates Rising Among Young People in the Corn Belt (10/29/25) The Minnesota Reformer reports on an analysis conducted by The Washington Post showing that the six states that lead in corn production — Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, and Kansas — have seen higher rates of cancer among young people than other states… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: beginning farmers • cancer • chemical pollution • farmland access • farmland transition • food insecurity • integrating livestock • Lake Pepin • rural poverty • SNAP • soil erosion • soil health • soil microbes • soil microbiology • soybeans • trade • water quality

Land Line: Meat Giant, Farmland Access, Food Banks, Greenhouse Gases, Immigrants & the Economy, Swampbuster, King Oak

By Brian DeVore (editor)

April 29, 2025

The World’s Biggest Meat Company Gets the Greenlight to Go Public on the New York Stock Exchange (4/25/25) Despite a long history of corruption and connections to illegal deforestation, the largest meatpacker in the world has been granted a listing on the New York Stock Exchange by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reports… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: beginning farmers • biodiversity • consolidation • food banks • food insecurity • greenhouse gases • immigrants • JBS • land access • meatpackers • prairie strips • silvopasture • wildlife habitat

Ear to the Ground 360: Food Bank Booster

At a time when rural residents are grappling with high food insecurity, an innovative Wisconsin program is connecting local farmers with local eaters. More Information • Wisconsin Local Food Purchase Assistance Program • LSP’s Community-Based Food Systems Web Page • Latino Economic Development Center • Threshing Table Farm You can find LSP Ear to the Ground podcast… Read More →