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1 month ago | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Lee Winkelman |Rachel Wagner |Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss
Of course, those musical traditions vary from region to region, and some of the traditional instrumentation might surprise gringo listeners. The tubas and accordions in Banda and Norteño music were brought to Mexico by German, Czech and Polish immigrants who came to build the country’s railroads starting in the 1860s. Yes, that is polka music you are hearing among the influences of Mexican Regional Music. But León isn’t putting up with this gringo label.
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1 month ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Barn Raiser
Chicago, IL (Barn Raiser)Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, right, with Elon Musk. Rollins's agency has been working in close partnership with Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency. (Secretary Brooke Rollins)kAmp#$ :D E96 5:G:D:@? @7 E96 &]$] s6A2CE>6?E @7 p8C:4F=EFC6 W&$spX E2D<65 H:E9 AC@G:5:?8 E96 28C:4F=EFC2= C6D62C49[ 65F42E:@?
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1 month ago | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss
ARS is the division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) tasked with providing the agricultural research, education and economic analysis that protects the health of the nation’s farmland, ensures the safety of the food we eat and develops solutions for diseases, disasters and other threats to the food supply.
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1 month ago | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Joel Bleifuss |Justin Perkins |Jennifer Berkshire |Winona LaDuke
In her new role, Kleeb automatically becomes a DNC vice-chair at Martin’s side, part of a leadership team that says it will move the party in a bolder direction. In a December 19 Barn Raiser op-ed, Kleeb explained why she was supporting Martin for chair of the DNC and running for President of the ASDC.
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2 months ago | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Justin Perkins |Anjulie Rao |Joel Bleifuss |Matt Barron
In 1973, Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz infamously instructed farmers: “Get big or get out.” Fast forward 52 years, and a handful of multinational corporations control America’s agricultural economy. As the nonprofit, farmer-led organization Farm Action has observed, this is not an accident. Decades of rollbacks in antitrust law, mergers and market manipulation through price fixing and collusion has allowed corporations to control virtually every link in the food supply chain.
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2 months ago | 
portside.org | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss
Public health officials continue to maintain that the current risk to humans remains low. While there have been no reported cases of human-to-human transmission, there have been 70 confirmed cases nationally, the majority resulting from farmworkers exposed to the virus from dairy cattle. In January, Louisiana reported the first bird flu death in the U.S., which was linked to the D1.1 genotype.
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2 months ago | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Addie Costello |Anjulie Rao
According to the latest data from the USDA, since 2022, bird flu outbreaks have led to the loss of more than 162 million birds in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, including 20 million birds in the last 30 days. Public health officials continue to maintain that the current risk to humans remains low. While there have been no reported cases of human-to-human transmission, there have been 70 confirmed cases nationally, the majority resulting from farmworkers exposed to the virus from dairy cattle.
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2 months ago | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Anjulie Rao |Kristi Eaton |Michael Chameides |Justin Perkins
Initially, The Line was much shorter. In 2017, urban researchers Luis Hilti and Matilde Igual Capdevila drew a line from their Liechtenstein home to a gallery in Venice as a part of the 2018 Venice Biennale. A year later, they extended that line around the globe, connecting the two points “the long way.” Through this, they established The Institute for Linear Research (ILR).
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Addie Costello |Michael Chameides
On the day of his inauguration, President Trump issued an executive order establishing the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by the world’s richest person, Elon Musk.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Winona LaDuke |Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Beth Howard
“Each of us is put here in this time and this place to personally decide the future of humankind. Did you think the Creator would create unnecessary people in a time of such terrible danger? Know that you yourself are essential to this World.” —Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the 19th Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe These are complex times. Some of us would think of them as terrifying.
