Circle of Change
For over two decades, the Multicultural Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) has promoted community food...
Meet Hannah Breckbill of Humble Hands Harvest, a worker-owned co-operative farm in Decorah, Iowa. Humble Hands Harvest is an over two-acre CSA that offers both meat and vegetables.
Meet Kelsey Ducheneaux, a fourth-generation rancher at the DX Ranch on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Along with running a regenerative direct-to-consumer beef outfit and agritourism at the ranch, she leads the nonprofit Project H3LP! where she teaches youth about the principles of Lifemanship.
In the business of agricultural production, you won't see staff development at the top of anyone's to-do list. Sure, farmers depend on their hired help every bit as much as people in other industries, but the additional work of employee development comes at the expense of much-needed time for harvesting, shipping and getting food on shelves before it spoils.
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