Emily Payne
Editor at Food Tank
Freelance journalist — food, agriculture, health, climate // editor @FoodTank, soil nerd, road cyclist
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4 weeks ago |
foodtank.com | Emily Payne
Todd Banes and his son Trent farm together on Banes Family Farm in Tama County, Iowa. To help make ends meet, Todd drives a school bus part-time and Trent is a local agricultural cooperative manager. Trent dreams of farming without the need for an off-farm job—the fourth generation in the family to farm that land. But when he proposed raising pigs to help diversify income, Todd said he was on his own. Todd saw the United States hog market crash in the late 1990s, when Trent was a kid.
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1 month ago |
globest.com | Emily Payne
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1 month ago |
foodtank.com | Emily Payne |climate. Based
Larry Banowetz has raised pigs on his family farm in eastern Iowa for 45 years. But the hog industry, or pork industry as it’s now referred to as, has changed dramatically over that time. Larry says that in the United States, it is almost impossible to have a profitable small business as an independent pork producer. “On the commercial market, you just kept losing outlets to sell your pigs,” says Larry.
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Feb 14, 2025 |
foodtank.com | Emily Payne |climate. Based
Farmers in the United States are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to theNational Rural Health Association. Research from South Dakota State University, the University of Nevada, Reno, University of Georgia, and more have found that farmers experience significantly higher stress levels than the general population.
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Jan 10, 2025 |
foodtank.com | Emily Payne |climate. Based
As a third-generation farmer, Randy Hutton Jr. always knew he wanted to raise his own family on a farm. He has farmed in the Chesapeake Bay watershed since the early 2000s and now works full-time with his son, Matt, growing corn, soybeans, and wheat while humanely raising pigs. “I’ve always liked working; the challenge of [farming], the freedom of it, the personal responsibility of it,” says Hutton.
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