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Debbie Weingarten
Debbie Weingarten is a TalkPoverty Fellow, former vegetable farmer, and a freelance writer based out of Tucson, Ariz. Follow her on Twitter @cactuswrenwrite.
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Tech Shakeups Disrupt Food Stamp Services in Farmers Markets
By July, farmers’ markets across the country are in full swing. But for many farmers’ market managers, the mid-season momentum turned to confusion and scramble on July 9, after The Washington... MORE
Rural America · August 3, 2018
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America’s Dairy Farmers are Struggling and Unsupported
When Lorraine Lewandrowski drives from her Herkimer County dairy farm to her law office each day, she notices the changes happening across rural upstate New York. “When I grew up here, we... MORE
Rural America · June 27, 2018
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Rural Emergency: Hospital Closures Are Putting Farmers Out of Business
Kendra Colburn spent a decade uninsured. During those years, she worked as a carpenter near her hometown in rural Vermont, earning just enough that she didn’t qualify for low-income health care,... MORE
Rural America · April 4, 2018