Brad Wilson
@farmjustice.bsky.social
Family Farm (Farm Justice) activist for 40 years, as student organizer/org founder, org. member, leader, staff, regional and national committee/board member. Major farm justice data work. https://familyfarmjustice.me/brads-farm-justice-work-online/
On LinkedIn a guy was warning about how agriculture across the country might start to look more like California. So I made him this chart, to show how profitability, measured as a simple Return on Equity compares.
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
On LinkedIn a guy was warning about how agriculture across the country might start to look more like California. So I made him this chart, to show how profitability, measured as a simple Return on Equity compares.
Farm subsidies are often shown as a proportion of Net Farm Income but should really be shown in relation to Gross Receipts of Farms (& similar). I’ve started a series where I’m doing that for major #farm states. Here’s Minnesota.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Farm subsidies are often shown as a proportion of Net Farm Income but should really be shown in relation to Gross Receipts of Farms (& similar). I’ve started a series where I’m doing that for major #farm states. Here’s Minnesota.
Here’s my new slide show on The Rise and Fall of Farming in Iowa. I am making similar slide shows on 20 or more other states of the Midwest and beyond. It explains what’s behind the recent rise in farm foreclosures. drive.google.com/file/d/1VIHt...
Iowa Farm Economy Rise & Fall.pdf
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November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Here’s my new slide show on The Rise and Fall of Farming in Iowa. I am making similar slide shows on 20 or more other states of the Midwest and beyond. It explains what’s behind the recent rise in farm foreclosures. drive.google.com/file/d/1VIHt...
Has @ceja-action.org been able to avoid submitting to the dozens of farm subsidy myths that have diverted so many organizations and activists away from the needed farm policy solutions? drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Farm Subsidy Myths - Google Drive
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October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Has @ceja-action.org been able to avoid submitting to the dozens of farm subsidy myths that have diverted so many organizations and activists away from the needed farm policy solutions? drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Is @ceja-action.org looking in to the ways that the reducing and ending of the New Deal farm programs has hurt the rural environment in California? It's been a huge factor here in Iowa. familyfarmjustice.me/2022/07/31/y...
You Can’t Fix Sustainability Without Justice
Author’s Note: This paper presents background material in support of my slide show series on “The Decline of Agriculture” in 42 counties in Iowa, (with summaries of these counties…
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October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Is @ceja-action.org looking in to the ways that the reducing and ending of the New Deal farm programs has hurt the rural environment in California? It's been a huge factor here in Iowa. familyfarmjustice.me/2022/07/31/y...
Republicans have been asking me why Democrats are not congratulating Trump for his supposed pause in the genocide and ethnic cleansing, (where Israel quickly continued it). "The Israeli-US plan is coercive, colonial, and patently illegal.” znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
Palestinian Civil Society Reacts to the Trump-Netanyahu Genocidal Plan
n response to the so-called Trump Plan, a scheme primarily designed by Israel’s fascist government to save it from its unprecedented global isolation, in
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October 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Republicans have been asking me why Democrats are not congratulating Trump for his supposed pause in the genocide and ethnic cleansing, (where Israel quickly continued it). "The Israeli-US plan is coercive, colonial, and patently illegal.” znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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"a test"? you mean...a violation?
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"a test"? you mean...a violation?
Reposted by Brad Wilson
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Reposted by Brad Wilson
Murder on the High Seas: Trump Orders Killings of Venezuelans in International Waters
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Murder on the High Seas: Trump Orders Killings of Venezuelans in International Waters
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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September 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Murder on the High Seas: Trump Orders Killings of Venezuelans in International Waters
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Talk about a rising farm crisis due to high input costs and cheap prices is going viral. @nfudc.bsky.social must use this teachable moment to inform people of it's #FarmBill proposal. (Did they prioritize this on the Fly In?)Save $100 billion while helping farmers. @mnfarmersunion.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Talk about a rising farm crisis due to high input costs and cheap prices is going viral. @nfudc.bsky.social must use this teachable moment to inform people of it's #FarmBill proposal. (Did they prioritize this on the Fly In?)Save $100 billion while helping farmers. @mnfarmersunion.bsky.social
Talk about a rising farm crisis is going viral. It's essential that @familyfarmco.bsky.social teach people about their farm bill proposal in this teachable moment, (we're way behind on teaching it. Food/Enviro advocates don't know the issue, support agbiz). www.inmotionmagazine.com/ra08/FFFA200...
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September 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Talk about a rising farm crisis is going viral. It's essential that @familyfarmco.bsky.social teach people about their farm bill proposal in this teachable moment, (we're way behind on teaching it. Food/Enviro advocates don't know the issue, support agbiz). www.inmotionmagazine.com/ra08/FFFA200...
Republicans haven't been good for farmers and rural Iowa. www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ru...
Rural Population Decline in Iowa's 2nd District.pdf
The document discusses the decline of rural populations in Iowa, linking it to farm policies and the shift from family farms to industrial agriculture, particularly CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations). It highlights the negative socioeconomic and environmental impacts of these changes, including increased poverty, unemployment, and community deterioration. The author advocates for restoring family farm structures, fair pricing, and sustainable practices to improve rural economies and populations. - Download as a PDF or view online for free
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September 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Republicans haven't been good for farmers and rural Iowa. www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ru...
Let’s remember what Trump 1.0 did to farmers. www.slideshare.net/slideshow/tr...
Trump Subsidies in Context: States
The document discusses the impact of Trump-era policies on U.S. farm income and subsidies, indicating a general decline in net farm income across 33 states, with significant increases in farm debt and interest costs. While some states saw improvements in income, the majority, particularly in the Corn Belt and various blue states, experienced negative financial trends, exacerbated by unfavorable subsidy structures that diminished over time. The analysis highlights disparities in farm income based on crop types, regional market access, and decisions regarding subsidy programs. - Download as a PDF, PPTX or view online for free
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September 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Let’s remember what Trump 1.0 did to farmers. www.slideshare.net/slideshow/tr...
My primer on the Food Poverty Crisis, though not updated for a while, shows organizations and academics who understand the core farm justice and trade justice farm policies and programs. znetwork.org/zblogs/food-... See also my Farm Justice Primer, which is linked there as well.
Food Crisis PRIMER
Food Crisis 101 (The Farm Bill, Trade, Strategic Reserves and Related Issues) KEY (to acronyms) IATP: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy APAC:
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September 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My primer on the Food Poverty Crisis, though not updated for a while, shows organizations and academics who understand the core farm justice and trade justice farm policies and programs. znetwork.org/zblogs/food-... See also my Farm Justice Primer, which is linked there as well.
The #FarmBill has global impacts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQyx...
Presbyterian Farmer talks solutions
YouTube video by akbartlett
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September 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The #FarmBill has global impacts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQyx...
The newer farm bill advocates have lived in a world of myth for too long, (as have the older conservatives). The issues at stake are huge. We need to get better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ty...
Food Films Review
YouTube video by Brad Wilson
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August 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The newer farm bill advocates have lived in a world of myth for too long, (as have the older conservatives). The issues at stake are huge. We need to get better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ty...
@lewismumford.bsky.social "The most precious collective invention of civilization, the city, second only to language itself in the transmission of culture, became from the outset the container of disruptive internal forces, directed toward ceaseless destruction and extermination." LM City in History
August 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
@lewismumford.bsky.social "The most precious collective invention of civilization, the city, second only to language itself in the transmission of culture, became from the outset the container of disruptive internal forces, directed toward ceaseless destruction and extermination." LM City in History
The newer #FarmBill advocates seem to have forgotten how agribusiness has lobbied to reduce and end #FarmJustice farm programs, such as with a goal of running 1/3 of farmers out of business within five years. In misunderstanding it they follow an agribusiness narrative. znetwork.org/zblogs/are-f...
Are Farmers Commodified 'Excess Resources' to Food Progressives
A new article that has been circulating argues that “more than 90 percent of U.S. could eat food grown or raised withing 100 miles of their homes.” (
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August 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The newer #FarmBill advocates seem to have forgotten how agribusiness has lobbied to reduce and end #FarmJustice farm programs, such as with a goal of running 1/3 of farmers out of business within five years. In misunderstanding it they follow an agribusiness narrative. znetwork.org/zblogs/are-f...
@lewismumford.bsky.social "...People used to sum up [a] strange conviction by saying: You cannot turn the hands of the clock backward. But as a matter of demonstrable fact, that is neither practically nor metaphorically true.”
L.M., In the Name of Sanity
L.M., In the Name of Sanity
August 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
@lewismumford.bsky.social "...People used to sum up [a] strange conviction by saying: You cannot turn the hands of the clock backward. But as a matter of demonstrable fact, that is neither practically nor metaphorically true.”
L.M., In the Name of Sanity
L.M., In the Name of Sanity
@lewismumford.bsky.social “The machine itself makes no demands and holds out no promises: it is the human spirit that makes demands and keeps promises.” L.M., Technics and Civilization
August 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@lewismumford.bsky.social “The machine itself makes no demands and holds out no promises: it is the human spirit that makes demands and keeps promises.” L.M., Technics and Civilization
@lewismumford.bsky.social "Ritual, art, poetry, drama, music, dance, philosophy, science, myth, religion are all as essential to man as his daily bread:..." L.M. The Condition of Man
August 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
@lewismumford.bsky.social "Ritual, art, poetry, drama, music, dance, philosophy, science, myth, religion are all as essential to man as his daily bread:..." L.M. The Condition of Man
There's much discussion lately about Iowa's water quality, in relation to corn and soybeans. Does no one remember that, for decades, farm programs called for reducing corn/soybean acres? That farmers called for greatly increasing the reductions, (end farm-to-CAFO subsidies)? & Tom Harkin?
August 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
There's much discussion lately about Iowa's water quality, in relation to corn and soybeans. Does no one remember that, for decades, farm programs called for reducing corn/soybean acres? That farmers called for greatly increasing the reductions, (end farm-to-CAFO subsidies)? & Tom Harkin?
@lewismumford.bsky.social "The Capacity for growth... [continued] to stir his imagination and encourage him in further acts of expression both in the mind and in his daily performances of life-sustaining work and human nurture.” L.M. The Myth of the Machine: The Pentagon of Power
August 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@lewismumford.bsky.social "The Capacity for growth... [continued] to stir his imagination and encourage him in further acts of expression both in the mind and in his daily performances of life-sustaining work and human nurture.” L.M. The Myth of the Machine: The Pentagon of Power
@lewismumford.bsky.social "For those of us who have thrown off the myth of the machine, the next move is ours: for the gates of the technocratic prison will open automatically, despite their rusty ancient hinges, as soon as we choose to walk out." L.M. The Myth of the Machine, v2, last line.
August 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@lewismumford.bsky.social "For those of us who have thrown off the myth of the machine, the next move is ours: for the gates of the technocratic prison will open automatically, despite their rusty ancient hinges, as soon as we choose to walk out." L.M. The Myth of the Machine, v2, last line.
@lewismumford.bsky.social "“The capacity for growth, exuberant expression and transcendence, symbolized esthetically... by the flowering plants--this is the primal gift of life; and in man it flourishes best when living creatures and equally living symbols are constantly present,..."
August 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@lewismumford.bsky.social "“The capacity for growth, exuberant expression and transcendence, symbolized esthetically... by the flowering plants--this is the primal gift of life; and in man it flourishes best when living creatures and equally living symbols are constantly present,..."