Justin Perkins
Justin Perkins is Barn Raiser Deputy Editor & Publisher and Board Clerk of Barn Raising Media Inc. He is currently finishing his Master of Divinity at the University of Chicago Divinity School. The son of a hog farmer, he grew up in Papillion, Neb., and got his start as a writer with his hometown newspaper the Papillion Times, The Daily Nebraskan, Rural America In These Times and In These Times. He has previous editorial experience at Prairie Schooner and Image.
Latest articles
page 3 of 4This Montana Rancher Has a Beef with Corporate Meat Monopolies
For Gilles Stockton, antitrust enforcement is the key to revitalizing our food system and fractured politics
Igniting Democracy in Georgia, One Rural County at a Time
Eradicating civic deserts ‘step by step’
Organizing State Legislators to Think Rural
‘Rural people need policymakers working at all levels on their behalf’
The Organizers Forging a Rural Action Plan for 2024
‘We need to make sure that rural leadership has a seat at the table’
Building Movements for Food and Racial Justice Through Organic Farming
For Iriel Edwards, a decision to take up farming in Louisiana was fueled by a desire to connect to the deep ecological knowledge of her ancestors
