{"id":482,"date":"2026-08-19T18:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2026-09-17T16:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:11:05","slug":"farmers-rural-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/our-issues\/farmers-rural-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultores y Comunidades Rurales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Farmers & Rural Communities<\/h1><\/div>

FarmSTAND envisions a food system that supports the people and communities who contribute to it and are most impacted by it and keeps farming in the hands of the people who feed us.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Consolidated Big Ag uses its power to control markets, pollute family farms, and push local farmers and ranchers out of business, hollowing out rural communities.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vibrant local food systems can keep prosperity flowing through a community and create a way of life that can be passed on to future generations. But the current corporate-controlled system threatens this way of life. By working alongside organizers and organizations that represent farmers and rural community members, FarmSTAND makes way for diverse local and regional food systems where farmers and rural communities thrive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

By the numbers<\/p><\/div>

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$127m<\/h3><\/div>

The amount of federal grant money FarmSTAND and our allies restored to the next generation of farmers after grants were illegally canceled by the Trump administration. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

60%<\/h3><\/div>

Of the poultry industry is controlled by four corporations.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

18,000<\/h3><\/div>

The number of cows in a proposed Minnesota megadairy that FarmSTAND is fighting with local and regional partners.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Focus Areas<\/h2><\/div>
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