farmer farmer in atlanta georgia from the village of books in guyana absolutely there's a returning generation of black farmers for many different reasons the primary in my experience my personal experience is really a spiritual. to a greater. calling to the land realizing that land is the b.c.s. of our freedom as malcolm x. once reminded is portraying us as i speak to yeah absolutely you know i'm part of a collective a black farmers called the black art farm collective and we organize in black farmers across the mid atlantic and the southeast the southern part of the state and what we more than anything are really interested as being back on the land together connecting to and it's just ancestral roots we identify as we turn into ration farmers because it recognizes that that part of our ancestry of our farm in an agrarian lifestyle are what a lot of us young folks are really interested in and doing again to connect us right back to our roots and then also as a form in a way to liberation right understanding that we grow our own food and the ability to go out. and have some ways is

farmers are entrepreneurs. if it's that compelling, why are we only seeing 2%, 3%, and 4% of all americans doing those things. we think the barrier in most part is risk and know how. so, it's risky to change the model. and the model -- conventional farming is well understood. anything introduces risk. i would suggest anything that congress can do to create incentives around overcoming that first barrier, once folks have been doing this for two or three years, it's a more profitable farm. but it's overcoming that initiation obstacle that seems to be a big part of the blocker. >> if i may add to that. so, slim, we're in three states and we have a staff of 30 something. we've applied for state and federal funding, been successful in some cases, failed in others. we find ourselves helping our growers maybe 30% of the time use some funding mechanism to help integrate this type of technology where its swiim-based technology or otherwise, some level of technology. the other thing that we find as a barrier is the fact

so god made a farmer. god said i need somebody willing to get up the before dawn, milk cows work all day in the fields milk cows work all day in the fields and mic cows again and eat surf and then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting at the school board. i need somebody to deliver a calf and deliver his own grandchild. i need somebody who can shape an ax handle and shoe a horse with a hunk of car tire who can make harness how of haywire feed sax and shoe scraps who planting time and harvest season finish 40 hour week by noon. pain tractor back put in another 72 hours so god made a farmer. >> sean: so god made a farmer. it's not easy, not simple critically important to the survival of every one of us in this country and takes sophisticated gray matter farmer mike and by the way who somehow managed to say something so preposterous presumous and offensive about pretty much everyone now in the united states. so democrats that party, or any in the media mob are they going to hold farmer mike accountab

the farmer said to me, when 36 farmers in the white house, they said very simply, we don't want thiswe just bought a level playing field. i got to better than a little level playing field. better. and one of the biggest things i did, i said i'm going to get killed in this one. we terminated the waters of the united states rule, which is basically they were taking your property away from you. think of that. he followed the clean waters of the united states. i said how you sign that. but other than the title, it was a disaster for builders and farmers and everybody. and i remember when i signed it, had a lot of farmers, construction workers, a lot of people behind me and these are people that did it cry when they were babies. they never part of their lives they were crying, a lot of them were crying because i gave them their land back. i give them their rights back. they took away the rights. in a puddle of the middle of your farm they said was a lake. it was a river, i mean, they virtually said it was a notion right. he had no rights. you couldn't get anywhere near it. it was crazy. i

maybe farmer mike doesn't have enough, oh, gray matter, because he suggesting farmers aren't smart to understand this, maybe it's he that's not smart enough. you know the level of sophistication in the agriculture industry? he's that ignorant. farmers earn degrees, advanced degrees. prestigious universities all across the country, one such institution, cal poly. they offer dozens of agriculture degrees. look at your screen. you can major or minor in agribusiness, by mega resource. agricultural engineering, environmental earth and soil sciences, geographic information systems for agriculture and that's just one small sample from one university. universities from coast to coast teaching us, but mike says -- farmer mike, teacher and went to farm, i teach and went to farm. i wonder if he holds one of these degrees. can you be that breathtakingly ignorant? under the sweeping generalization? you know how hard farming is? you know how hard the hybrids they make to make irrigation, to deal with the engineering associated with it? if you want one corn row to pop up, find, plant your five seats

trained around 9000 farmers. oh and i saw with thoughts very good that it was a force we have that were done as if it's of the family that's really good is welcoming so great that when most of us so long this is actually as most of all we improve on our family system we have to farm awareness also sells the organic fertilizer which is more affordable for the small scale farmers they need less of the liquid than chemical fertilizer and can buy it from the organization and subsidize the rage of about 7 year olds for later. legs under our hands started organic farming 2 years ago after training with farm awareness the season he's mainly planting the salmon easing organic fertiliser. he didn't make clothes the club into but he's already watch. so we made a 3 hour flight give me the results. the engineer would like to sell its fertilizer to nationally but it wouldn't sell as an organic product because nigeria has no organic certification system so the group is still facing challenges to friends itself. we all know tha

you go to farmers, you go to take the maximum vectors. max is technology, and innovators, entrepreneurs and finding solutions to that, that's what i hope really to add the usda as a public sector partner of facilitating more of that. do you specific recommendations on how we can engage, as you know you're not the only one, and there's a lot of interest in silicon valley in the food said crude now. a lot of interest, and there's almost like after the technology revolution, they kind of discovered that the food industry, and the food supply chain, really needs focus. i think once investors in silicon valley companies look at the center, the agri-food sector and the food supply chain is an eight trillion dollar industry, when you look at some of those graphs they talk about in terms of population, going to 10 million, people but also changing consumers, 50% of the current population is generation z, they are changing the way they are consuming anything food. at the same time he of the challenges on water skier city, that gap, it's hard to ke

they're trained around 9000 farmers. i'll be honest our with thoughts very good at it but most of us we have it with others if it's of their family that really does work i mean so great that when most of us so long there actually is most of all we improve on our family system we have to farm awareness also sells the organic fertilizer which is more affordable for the small scale farmers they need less of the liquid than chemical fertilizer and can buy it from the organizationally subsidized rate of about 7 year olds later. alexandra our hands started organic farming 2 years ago after training with from awareness the season he's mainly planting the summer using organic fertilizer. he did make lopes the club into that is what he wants. so they made a 3 hour flight give me the results. the engineer would like to sell its fertilizer internationally but it wouldn't sound as an organic product because nigeria has no organic certification system so the group is still facing challenges to friends itself but. we all know that mus

we know farmers are private about our data. data ando guard the help the private sector accumulate the data while making sure we preserve the data and as we go the right way forward in analyzing data and production. we have got a lot of very clear priorities that are going to come from big data. andave a lot of data sets we are trying to make those more publicly visible through technologies and dashboard so that everyone can have access to make better decisions. then, i'm from the old school. we cannot afford it just to practice going forward. right,are going to do it you had better keep a score. we are looking pretty good here. is where we want to be in 2050. lossnt food waste and food , you know the statistics about that. we could reduce loss and waste from the field where we leave to the consumers place. thise so blessed in country to have an able supply of food. we take it for granted, but we are wasteful about it. we cannot do it if we have the moral imperative feeding everyone. we have got to make this part of the discuss

these two farmer groups. we want to align the work of that research and deliver it through cooperation with extension service and communication tactics across the globe of aligning the work of our customer agencies. we can integrate those innovative technologies and practices into our programs. as you well know, many times government regulations flag technology. they lag what is really happening out in the world. we want to be ahead of that. we want to be shoulder or shoulder aligned to the regulatory perspective acknowledging the changes taking place. many times it is hindered by the technologies that are available because of the regulatory structures. moving out through innovation. improving coordination here between our research and programs. we can fast-track the implementation of the cutting and technology. that is important as well. we have to measure. metrics and data is important. the usda is in a great place. doing it in a way that preserves private. we know farmers are very private about their indiv

the women farmers federation in. the overarching issue that we found on our own because our experiences supply chain especially in horticulture force one marginal formosa's their tendency to just sell of the produce the same day that they harvest in some cases they're going to harvest produce that was ripe and ready in the feed on the because they were not getting any price for that. so one of the key elements was we. had the farm gate. neither is my daughter founded his own company. with the help of the women farmers federation he installed a cold storage in concord in mid september 21000 and began educating the farmers on how to use it a lot of. after studying the cultivation and harvesting patterns of the region it was decided how much gold storage the village required now it can refrigerated up to $4000.00 kilos of produce at a time the farmers have been able to increase their income by around 30 percent. before they were kind of selling it by the wayside group site all of that now they were going to get to colle

we have leaned on farmers and their families. we have depended on their dedication, and we relied on their resilience. we have not forgotten those who shared the harvest and bounty, feeding our families, communities, and our state and country for more than a century. and tonight we say that we are ready to be a partner in the promise of posterity. [ applause ] i'm announcing a three prong plan address this. first, to take up legislation to invest in farmers, agriculture industries, and our rural communities. [ applause ] the package of bills we'll announce tomorrow includes initiative for gary exports. we have to start maximizing efficiency in our small and middle-sized farms and we need to build wisconsin dairy brand and international markets and increase dairy imports and exports. so, we're going to set a goal of increasing wisconsin's dairy exports by 20% of the united states milk supply by the year 2024. additionally we're going to expand our farm center and increase staffing to ensure the farmers and agriculture industries h

(applause) >> finally, we're going to create a new program that will focus getting our farmers access to mental health services in wisconsin. (applause) >> the farm certainty is doing important work in this area. we know folks are really struggling and need access to resources closer to home. our mental health program will help farmers accessing mental health support and help coordinate local and regional peer support programming and provided confidential one-on-one counseling and assistance to our farmers. (applause) >> the second prong of our plan is insuring farmers and agriculture and rural communities is part of our broader economic development strategies. tonight, i am also announcing i will be working with the wisconsin economic development corporation to establish the office of rural prosperity. (applause) >> the office will provide a one stop shop for folks to navigate state programs and resources that are available that are tailored to rural communities, businesses and workers. finally, the third prong of our plan is to develop long term strategies on this issue, not based o

farmer.as raised by strong parents who showed me the farming lifestyle, taught me the importance of conserving our resources and the necessity of water to grow our food. today it is not uncommon to find three generations on our family farm daily. however because of the inis are certainty of water delivers i'm worried we may not have a family farm to pass down to my children, my niece, my negative few. as almond farmer we can't fallow acres with less water. we have to have reliable water. without a reliable water supply hundreds of thousands of farmland can be taken out of production. families like mind could be abandoned to sell a orchard or family farm. we are an industry of families. we do not farm the same way generations before us did, using new science and technology, all monday farmers today use 33% less water than they did 20 years ago. our water infrastructure should be handled the same way, using updated science and new infrastructure to keep water flowing, to families and family far

local farmers were displaced. yesterday and 5000000 people in the region have been affected most of it done. you've even then this others you don't consider going to see when you're going to. this is this your land i mean is this the land you want to occupy because this is just a declaration you do not have a certificate for land use this is only a statement about where you live. yet specifies where your community lives and operates but the certificate does not give you rights to use the land that's why you have to be careful someone else could have laid claim to a land use certificate and the community needs to fight to get the proper documentation up and i think if we don't deal with a situation it might soon be too late that that's about. 2016 opponents of the president a program organized a major protest they succeeded in convincing the government to suspend it. granting one thing for a long time mozambique's government implemented its policies without any outside input. now they finally been challenged by an

trained around 9000 farmers. i don't want us to war with thoughts but they're good at it but most of us we have that were done as if it's of their family that really does welcome you to create awareness for us so long there actually is was before we move on our family system we have to farm awareness also sells the organic fertilizer which is more affordable for the small scale farmers they need less of the liquid than chemical fertilizer and can buy it from the organizationally subsidized rate of about 7 year olds a little. legs under our hands started organic farming 2 years ago after training

a local farmer shows us around. i cleared to hear the voice of the people for we started cultivating this was all forest it was cheap land. the only thing here was forest and trees of it all so. it looked the way it does on the other side of the road. over the something we used to clear the land simply as a way to survive. this if this region's economy is almost entirely based on saw its economy and i hear you say servant this is our vocation for it's all we know how to do. is offering you the mantle we grow the food that ends up on the global population's table. and also the fires over with all of them probably soybean is an imported crop that we have adapted to conditions here. sort of the most koreans as we realised that it grows very well here and that we have the right conditions for it. sort of sitting over here bank units with the help of gene technology we slowly improve the soybeans. only and then we've got available today we have varieties specifically developed for our region. and they can see those from

[applause] >> the second prong of our plan is insuring farmers and agriculture and rural communities is part of our broader economic development strategies. tonight, i am also announcing that i will be working with the wisconsin economic development corporation to establish the office of rural prosperity. [applause] >> the office will provide a one stop shop for folks to navigate state programs and resources that are available that are tailored to rural communities, businesses and workers. finally, the third prong of our plan is to develop long term strategies on this issue, not based on what the folks in madison think is best but based on the feedback and input from folks all across the state. >> tomorrow, i will make good on my campaign promise to create a blue ribbon commission to help promote agriculture and rural economic prosperity. a blue ribbon commission on rural prosperity will convene folks in different industries from across the state, to work together to develop a long term strategy on how we can best support the needs of rural wisconsinites and rural communities. [appla

you know, with the farmers. i have a place in my heart for the farmers.mbassadornd saw lighthizer who was in charge who was fantastic. he was getting ready for the final deal. i asked sonny perdue, what is the biggest number that china has ever done with the farmers? he said, $16 billion. last year, $16 billion. this was two years ago. they targeted you. now we are friends with china. maybe we have never had a better relationship. we are working with them very closely on the coronavirus. we are working with them very, very closely. we only have five people. hopefully everything will be great. they have somewhat of a problem. hopefully it will all be great. we are working with china and other countries very closely. it is something we have to be very careful with. right? [applause] pres. trump: i said to sonny perdue, secretary of agriculture. what is the number? and you were targeted. i don't blame china. they are smart. they targeted trump states. iowa, nebraska, wisconsin. they targeted. the farmers came to see me and they said, sir, you have to do what

not anti farmer side business in north carolina we're just. about doing it correctly enough polluting the city. this is of north carolina's waterways concentrating on the farms are in. rural communities where the community need to have a voice to put up a fight to restrict these facilities are coming in here. and when they come in here they preach about having jobs. to help the community but even then good jobs are. what a community better would want or working in a slaughterhouse or working on. a farm and it's not easy work and it's. very rarely see the owners of these facilities living outside. l.c. herring lives near one of these farms called k. fellows concentrated animal feeding operations. display feels right there so many open up the windows on the sat this is a bathroom window room next door was my brother being home and it went in this way is a kitchen window so we don't open these measures around the sentence in this way for you if you fold the back here. too to soften my mother's house way back in the street that you can see them fr

showing that american farmers very patriotic. these facts speak for themselves. american farmers goes far beyond michael bloomberg's claim of simply holes, planting seeds, and adding water. represent over 7,000 farms and over 11,000 producers in the ifth district of north carolina. collectively they generate over $1 billion every year and north nt almost 10% of sales.a's agriculture recently, allegany county honored some of its farmers, young and old, and to hear of their efforts and dedication inspire anyone. i commend and thank our farmers our future agriculture leaders for their unwavering families, to our communities, and to our country. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: i rise to thank penn state students who have pent the last year dedicating countless hours to support a antastic cause benefitting pediatric cancer patients. than.alking about this -- thon. t includes a 46-hour dance marathon to support more than 4,500 families with children who ca

america's wealthiest farmers got the bailout money we sometimes rich white people need help. even mike bloomberg need it the d.n.c. has helped to get into wednesday's democratic debate. and if he couldn't get in just all the wealth alone the rest of us are fucked. plus when it comes to our food supply it's better to overestimate the impact of the trade deal than under estimate which might be why according to several independent economists the u.s.d.a. is paying farmers twice as much as the actual harm they suffered from the trade wars so the people who need the least help are the only ones who profit this is exactly what happened when our government bailed out wall street would stand bailed out the oil industry that's destroying our planet but who doesn't bail out friends when they're in trouble that's what congress did think of it as a big bank getting arrested for peeing on an elementary school building and their one phone call was the congress for bail money. when it's your friend you overlook that it happened in broad daylight during school hours at recess. for the 2nd ti

to make sure that this farmers gets what they deserve when they said they have been so the bias is a fair price for a further deal and then we build their capacity to be able to use the benefit of this sales to be able to develop their communities this is what we're doing physically. enough fair trade has been around for many years now enormous more than 25 years this is still rampant poverty there's a lot of use of child labor in the regional also deforestation continues to be a problem what do you think are the primary challenges for you for as the primary challenge is a price this is the 1st thing and we have been saying this for more than 20 years now about the need for this disarm it gets a better price is aware or the reason why we have our minimum price is these are we are paying the more significant premium for them to be able to fight the means and invest and of course a better price mean less challenges in the community mean more money to pay labor than to reduce child labor it's mean more income for them so harvey pitt's a living condition of course is the price and there'

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but we're excavating a village inhabited by the earliest farmers in this area. it's something special we're talking about some time around $5500.00 b.c. and i use that sort of fundamental change in lifestyle for the people switched away from a nomadic hunter gatherer lifestyle and began producing their own food with livestock and farming. they started to build homes and put down roots and. the woman who skeleton was excavated was one of these early farmers she lived to an age between 30 and 40 what makes this discovery so special other things buried with her 16 fine limestone beats archeologists believe that she was wearing them on a leather strap around her neck the discovery was an absolute stroke of luck up to now such strings of beads have only been unearthed in the balkan region and the capacity in basin in hungary. the phone diesel hellen the form of these speeds is really unique in our area in central europe as a whole the next we 1st thought that it was a more recent find but carbon dating has shown that this grave is from the same era as the settlement.

but many small farmers in india fear for their livelihoods. this is how denise kumar begins his days he's typical of millions of small daily produces across india his family doesn't on a farm he can't think catherine in the backyard it's hard work is never. that's around $775.00 euros a month but buying foreign medicine blows a big hole in his income. would it. to cover his mounting costs when all bets factored out his income. a month around $130.00 euros. is exactly the kind of dairy farmer could be impacted if india and the us agree on a trade deal that gives american dairy producers easier access to the market. india has long protected of farmers scripting cheap dairy imports an extensive network of operatives and small vendors produces middlemen surprise. of the retail price paid by consumers up to 70 percent of. but many feel that could all end. not seeing heads a local unit of the national farmers' organization here and what the british. if there's a dairy deal with the u.s. and milk imports are allowed prices could fall that would pose

and farmers, the president talks about farmers. farmers have record numbers of bankruptcy now and in the budget the president slashes the farmers' safety net by $60 billion. while stealing $200 billion from snap. snap is directly related to our farmers. i go into the m.d.i. west, i meet farmers who -- midwest, i meet farmers who tell me they are on food stamps because of their economic situation. but senator dole and senator mcgovern established the snap program to help address food insecurity. but also to benefit farmers who provide that food. there are cuts to -- we talk about rebuilding america and the president in his budget cut 13% of the department of transportation and also has massive cuts in the army corps of engineers, which is very essential to infrastructure building. and then for clean air and clean water, it cuts 25% from the e.p.a. this budget is disgraceful in many ways. just as simply as the air our children breathe, the water they drink. just slash it. not important to us. and all the while, reinforcing what he's