John IkerdNov 5, 20225 minFarm Policies for SustainabilityThe essentials of sustainability may seem too philosophical or abstract to be of any real value until they are applied to real world...
John IkerdNov 10, 20216 minSuccessful Small Family Farms: Myth or Reality?Someone recently forwarded me a link to an opinion piece by freelance writer Sarah Mock that begins: “I tried to prove that small family...
John IkerdNov 1, 20214 minThe Values of SustainabilityEverything eventually boils down to economics! How many times have we heard this assertion—as if it were settled truth? Farmers need an...
John IkerdAug 14, 20215 minThe Economic Realities of CAFOsI don’t like watching videos of my own presentations, but I force myself to do it from time to time. I know how I feel about...
John IkerdJan 21, 20213 minA Green New Deal for Family Farms & Rural CommunitiesThe "Green New Deal"[i] has been systematically demonized by corporate propaganda targeting rural America. Rural people have been led to...