With a growing farm crisis gripping agriculture in Minnesota, many farmers and rural residents alike are organizing responses to fight back. On Thursday, January 9, the Land Stewardship projected hosted a Farm Crisis Community Forum at the Kilowatt Community Center in Granite Falls. The event attracted scores of farmers, family members, local residents, and individuals working in other sectors impacted by agriculture. At the core of many conversations that evening was the role played by corporate agriculture and the squeezing out of small and medium sized farming operations (and in particular, family-based farms)...
