The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and The Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) recently announced a partnership to help strengthen rural America. The multi-year collaboration will address solutions to building greater economic opportunity and security for those who live in rural communities, starting with a program involving the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative to advance rural entrepreneurship. MORE

  

The Human Society of the United States (HSUS) has been forming "Ag Councils" around the country, most recently in Missouri, with the stated purpose of fostering "better animal welfare and environmental stewardship." The councils - which have also been been formed in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina and Ohio - are made up of farmers, ranchers and conservationists, but some are understandably skeptical. MORE