This is how I want the conversation about agriculture to start. Agriculture isn’t a “problem” that we need to “fix.” We grow more food with fewer resources than ever before. It isn’t perfect, but we’re a leader in sustainability, not a failure.
Hi, I'm Amanda! My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm also a practicing attorney.
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Do you a plan for your estate? My latest for AGDAILY focuses on potential changes to the federal estate tax.
Perspective: A farmer's legacy shouldn't be a tax nightmare for their kin
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For farm families, estate taxes aren’t just an abstract policy debate -- they’re a very real threat to generational farms and the livelihoods they support.
If nothing else, this should keep you up at night. Every snake oil salesman is now in charge of HHS.
How RFK Jr. Is Boosting ‘Food Babe’ and Other MAHA Acolytes
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The health and human services secretary has elevated lightly regulated wellness companies and allowed advisers to keep investments, after vowing to end conflicts of interest.
Imagine getting to donate a substantial amount of money to a charity of *your* choice and you choose....an animal rights activist group with questionable intentions??
Why agricultural advocates are lashing out at Celebrity Jeopardy! | AGDAILY
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David Friedberg, founder of The Climate Corporation, is drawing ire for his "charity" of choice on Celebrity Jeopardy!: Humane World for Animals.
RFK, Jr. and Elon Musk could have the duel of the century. I explain in my latest for AGDAILY
RFK Jr.: The most inefficient man in Trump's government | AGDAILY
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s strategy for attacking research plays well with populist distrust in institutions, but it falls apart under scientific standards.
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My, non scientific, definition of sustainable is “any farm land that has been in production for several generations and is still producing as much or more than it has in the past is sustainable.”
I like that a lot! It satisfies the economic progress of sustainability without complicating it with market forces and political positions that we have so little control over.