{"id":2294,"date":"2020-12-08T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmforward1.wpengine.com\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2022-11-22T02:57:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T02:57:17","slug":"farming-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/farming-into-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Farming Into the Future\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"normal_content bg-white padding-top-small padding-bottom-large\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row center-md\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><blockquote><p>\u201cAll that you touch, You Change. All that you Change, Changes You. The only lasting truth is Change.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6>&#8211; Octavia Butler<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hello again from 2050. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OzmsQSaWdes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">We want you to know that your efforts in 2020 to create a more just food system won\u2019t be for nothing.<\/a>\u00a0We\u2019re living in a better world that you helped create. Thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/donate\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">your support<\/a>\u00a0a new vision for agriculture and food systems became a reality.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of the\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"none\">Farm System Reform Act\u00a0(FSRA) in 2019 was a turning point. Enacted in 2024, the FSRA immediately stopped the construction or expansion of large factory farms, and required that existing factory farms be phased out by 2040.\u00a0<em><strong>After farmers received training and the FSRA\u2019s billions of dollars of debt forgiveness, they eagerly left factory farming in favor of the highest welfare forms of agriculture, including indigenous-informed methods like agroforestry and silvopasture.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Lands formerly used for factory farms and to grow food for farmed animals now support diverse, resilient and regenerative farms. The Regenerative Organic Certified program launched in 2020 set the standard for what climate-friendly and more humane forms of animal agriculture could be.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You are part of this story.\u00a0These changes happened because millions of Americans decided it was time for a change. Rural communities that were impacted by CAFOs and rose up to protect themselves, young people who worked to mitigate climate change, citizens who were concerned for animal welfare, and farmers who were tired of being beholden to monopolistic food companies\u00a0all took action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our thriving, resilient food system honors the lives of human and non-human animals, and recognizes the interdependence of all living beings and the planet.\u00a0A reminder: In 2020, the future is not yet written.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/donate\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Please consider becoming a sustaining supporter of Farm Forward\u2019s work.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Future generations thank you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With gratitude,\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Farm Forward\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"last_updated padding-top-small padding-bottom-large\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"last-updated-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"section-title small\">Last Updated<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"date small\">December 8, 2020<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-system-solutions","category-legislation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}