Barn Raiser

@Barn_Raising

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Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Mar 13, 2024

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American Farmland Trust@Farmland · Jul 17

Transitioning a farm from one generation to the next isn’t easy. Anna Sekine, our Midwest Farmland Associate, helps families navigate difficult farm transfer discussions. In this Q&A, she gives insight into her work and shares stories: bit.ly/3TMIEIq. @Barn_Raising

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Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 25

A new history reconsiders who belongs in American religious history and what should count as religion barnraisingmedia.com/religion-ameri…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. A new history history offers a corrective to narrow visions of American religion that begin with Plymouth Rock.

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 25

Is your big box store selling you soil contaminated with PFAS? barnraisingmedia.com/how-to-keep-pf…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. Maine organic farmer Bill Pluecker explains how you can watch out for sneaky PFAS contamination in bagged fertilizers and soils.

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 24

“It’s just a job that the domestic workforce hasn’t sought out for decades” barnraisingmedia.com/trump-immigrat…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. In recent weeks, ICE has stepped up raids on immigrant dairy farm workers, casting a sense of deep unease across the industry.

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Sonja Trom Eayrs@TromEayrs · Jul 24

Corporate-controlled Iowa Republicans Are Erasing the State’s History barnraisingmedia.com/iowa-republica…

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 24

Iowa’s move to place the State Historical Society of Iowa under the governor’s control and close its archive in Iowa City could serve as a blueprint for Republican state governments to erase rural people’s history. barnraisingmedia.com/iowa-republica…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. Iowa elected officials are preparing to trash 60% of the state’s historical archives with no transparency or input from the public.

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 23

Support for campaign finance reform among DNC leadership could have considerable influence in state and national primaries barnraisingmedia.com/democratic-par…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. Voters, not Big Money, should chose Democratic nominees. That will take a serious plan of reform—starting with campaign finance.

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 23

For immigrants on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, documentation does not guarantee access to health care barnraisingmedia.com/rethinking-imm…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. For health care providers serving rural immigrant communities, moving beyond the framework of legal status opens up new possibilities for care.

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 22

Rural families like mine are still grappling with the long-term mental health consequences of housing loss barnraisingmedia.com/will-cuts-in-r…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. Congress is proposing major cuts to rural housing vouchers and other safety net programs that could lead to even more rural housing loss.

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 22

Communities impacted by PFAS deserve protection, not a political gag order barnraisingmedia.com/house-gop-farm…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. The ruling party in Congress seems to be going after farmers’ health with a policy rider that will muzzle the science on PFAS.

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 21

The ruling party in Congress seems to be going after farmers’ health with a policy rider that will muzzle the science on PFAS. @LFO barnraisingmedia.com/house-gop-farm…

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Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 21

For rural families who lost their home in the Great Recession, the latest cuts to safety net programs bring back the specter of the housing crisis, as they continue to struggle with its enduring consequences. barnraisingmedia.com/will-cuts-in-r…

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Just Zero@JustZeroOrg · Jul 19

"Few regulations around chemicals exist, and though the wastewater industry knows the scale of the problem. It’s a 'don’t ask, don’t tell' issue," said @LFO buff.ly/ayLQ0i5

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Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 18

How one man’s passion brought new life to the sport in the Great Lakes barnraisingmedia.com/spearfishing-g…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. Jonathan Durtka is on a mission to make spearfishing—and conservation—a vital part of the Great Lakes region.

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 18

A professor of education examines the barriers to higher ed that rural students face barnraisingmedia.com/for-rural-stud…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. Education researcher Mara Teiken examines the prickly reality facing her students who decide against higher education—and those who go.

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 17

For many rural communities, it will take more than opposition to Trump to encourage political involvement. It will take the Democratic Party offering an alternative vision and a plan—one that starts with campaign finance reform in party primaries. barnraisingmedia.com/democratic-par…

Barn Raiser@Barn_Raising · Jul 17

Public broadcasting has weathered political attacks before, but not on the scale of Congress’ current proposal to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Here’s what you can do to help it survive. barnraisingmedia.com/what-you-can-d…

Barn_Raising's tweet card. Congress is set to take away federal funding for PBS and NPR, the most trusted media in the U.S. The hardest hits will come for rural stations.