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Key Issues:
Key Issues:
- Farmland Preservation
- Climate change is real, and we must build resiliency into our farm plans
- Writing a relief check should not be our only solution to dealing with natural disasters
- Expansion of new crops and diverse revenue streams, including the promotion of hemp and cannabis legalization
- helps to combat effects of trade wars being entered on the Federal level
- can help to increase economic opportunities, specifically for our farmers and our rural communities
- can allow for re-investment in infrastructure needs, especially in rural parts of our state
- chance for achieving true social justice, specifically for communities of color which have been overwhelmingly criminalized on possession charges versus Caucasian users
- an opportunity to begin to combat the opioid epidemic
- Environmental Education, especially in our public & private schools
- Water Quality
- Food science research
- We have two of the best land grant research institutions at our disposal. NC State and A&T are capable of helping us research sustainability and food science in a way that can bring us into modern times
- Soil Health
- Local Foods
- Agribusiness Development
- specifically in regards to the beer, wine, and spirit industry
- agritourism operation support so that farms and agribusinesses can have diverse revenue streams and longterm operational success
- Fair farm labor practices and immigrant rights
- Sustainable Development
- Support for renewable energy
- support solar leases
- opportunities for methane capture and natural gas production using hog lagoons
- Fuel safety
- Coastal and inland fisheries conservation
- Community gardens & horticulture programming
- Rural broadband access
- Our farmers can't compete in the global marketplace if they do not have the tools and technology necessary to do so
- Bridging the growing urban-rural divide in our state
- Rural healthcare investments
- Medicaid expansion, Medicare for All
- Support rural hospitals and medical services
- Mental health counseling in rural communities, with an emphasis on addressing the rising suicide rate of farmers
- Support for small meat processors
- These businesses better serve our small, family farmers.
- Will fight for additional funding in order for them to be more economically viable in the state. Many need access to additional capital or funding in order to expand operations, increase cold storage capabilities, and hire more employees to adequately respond to an increased demand for services, especially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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