There are nearly 20,000 small towns across the United States, home to roughly 46 million people. I grew up in one of them. Sunnyside, Wash., was a farming town of about 11,000 people when my family arrived from Wilmington, Calif., in…
How to survive a ‘skinny’ farm bill
Farmers eligible for USDA programs would reap the benefits of a “skinny” farm bill that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives, extending government food security programs until 2031, increasing funding support for local food programs and loan borrower limits for producers,…