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Jim Goodman

Jim Goodman

Jim Goodman is a third-generation dairy farmer from Wonewoc, Wisconsin.

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Handy Kennedy, founder of AgriUnity cooperative, feeds his cows on HK Farms on April 20, 2021 in Cobbtown, Georgia.

Billions for Farmers of Color Isn’t Racist – It’s Smart and Long Overdue

The failures of the food system during the pandemic showed us that the corporate-consolidated mode of farming inflexible and wasteful.

Anthony Pahnke ·

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talks to reporters in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Republican Party—Beyond the Pale

Those who struggle to retain their hold on political power rely on racism, classism, hypocrisy and outright lies.

Jim Goodman ·

Leading up to the Senate impeachment trial, Mitch McConnell tells the GOP it will be "a vote of conscience," one wonders if they still understand the concept of having a conscience? (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

After Four Years, Accountability Is Long Overdue

There must be a reckoning for Trump and for all those who were complicit with Trump.

Jim Goodman ·

Wearing a mask has, sadly, become a political act, which it should not be, nor should it be a partisan act, it is simply a public health strategy. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

As The Pandemic Worsens, Politics and Ego Are More Important Than Public Health

If we truly want to get the pandemic under control and save lives, people must stay home. If we truly want to avert an economic meltdown, Congress must pass new stimulus funding.

Jim Goodman ·

The far Right sought to divert rur­al anger against immi­grants who were “steal­ing our jobs” and away from the Reaganomics that allowed cor­po­rate con­trol of the food sys­tem and left farm­ers with few options oth­er than get­ting big or get­ting out. (Photo: KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

How Decades of Corporate-Friendly Farm Policies Wrecked Rural America—And Paved the Way for Trump

If the Biden-Har­ris tick­et, and the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty in gen­er­al, wants to begin to heal this rift and regain what the Democ­rats have lost in rur­al Amer­i­ca, they will need to artic­u­late a clear vision for a future that includes rur­al Amer­i­cans.

Jim Goodman ·

President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Party Formerly Known as Republican

The GOP has officially embraced a continuation of Trump's policies, reaffirming its support for a president whose idea of "law and order" is a recipe for more violence.

Jim Goodman ·

The governor should keep in mind that a more diversified food system, one with more small farms and local processing facilities, rather than one in a constant state of consolidation, is much more resilient and less susceptible to the weaknesses that we see occurring due to this pandemic. (Photo: Hero Images/Getty Images)

That This System Would Fail Was Entirely Predictable

Our food system is not set up to handle a global crisis.

Jim Goodman ·

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