Barn Raiser Special Report
Interviews with Rural Organizers
This ongoing series from Barn Raiser will amplify the organizers, changemakers and underrepresented voices in rural communities across the nation who are seeking to renew a sense of civic vitality and the social imagination.
A sign for Fair Maps Wisconsin on Hans Breitenmoser’s farm in Merrill, Wisconsin. (Photo by Jenn Ackerman, Ackerman + Gruber LLC)
Agriculture
November 27, 2023
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
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Barn Raisers
October 1, 2023
Jon Council: An Appalachian Carpenter Organizing Across Political Divides
“Everyone needs to be able to turn on the tap and have clean water in their home”
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Politics
August 16, 2023
Hans Breitenmoser: Dairy Farmer for Fair Maps
“Wisconsin is so severely gerrymandered that you can't even hardly think straight.”
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Politics
March 30, 2023
Changing Rural America One County at a Time
A Wisconsin schoolteacher shares her strategy for turning out progressive voters
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