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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 18h

80% of farmers surveyed think we are headed toward a U.S. farm crisis.

Every day the government remains shuttered is a day closer to financial ruin for many producers.

Read more about the looming farm crisis here: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/to-the-brink

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 21h

“Don’t Be Chicken Shit!”

@smith.senate.gov joined this week's episode of the #HotDishPod to break down how the shutdown is hitting rural America, along with major issues in rising healthcare costs and agriculture economy.

Listen to her insights here: shorturl.at/OetE9

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 1d

Tuesday Talkers 10/14: The Shutdown is Endangering Anti-Hunger Programs, plus rural Americans are being priced out of health care. Read more: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/tuesday-ta...

Tuesday Talkers 10/14: The Shutdown Is Endangering Anti-Hunger Programs,

Plus, Shutdown Woes, Rural Americans Are Being Priced Out of Care, Number of the Week and more...

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 5d

The New York Times estimates that one in eight federal workers will leave federal service by December.

Read about shutdown fallout here: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/shutdown-f...

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 7d

USDA Shutdown: Notice of Loss. FSA is the suite of disaster assistance programs that help farmers and ranchers in times of need. Check out our Substack for information that One Country Project has collected from FSA handbooks on the USDA website. More: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/usda-shutd...

USDA Shutdown: Notice of Loss

One of the key services provided by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is the suite of disaster assistance programs that help farmers and ranchers in their time of need.

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 8d

Tuesday Talkers 10/7: Rural Lending Also Shuts Down. Farmers and rural communities are facing increasing financial strain due to the ongoing shutdown of the USDA. Read more: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/tuesday-ta...

Tuesday Talkers 10/7: Rural Lending Also Shuts Down

Plus, Soybean Farmers Continue Struggling, Minnesota’s PFML, Number of the Week and more...

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 9d

Republicans Must Own Up to Their Shutdown Over Affordable Health. The standstill hinges on Republicans’ unwillingness to protect Americans from being priced out of affordable health care coverage, an issue Democrats continue to work to address. More: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/republican...

Republicans Must Own Up to Their Shutdown Over Affordable Health

After multiple failed attempts to pass legislation to keep the federal government funded, the current shutdown remains in effect until both chambers return next week to negotiate a path forward to…

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 10d

Today’s #RuralSpotlight highlights the Dept. of Veteran Affairs’ remote-infusion National Oncology Program, which is expanding cancer care to 4,000+ rural Veterans, cutting costs and travel time. More: shorturl.at/Ly0El

One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 11d

This week’s #SelflessSaturday spotlights resilience hubs like Together NOLA and Footprint Project, helping communities recover from disasters and emergencies. Read more here: shorturl.at/JtRcP

Weathering the Storm Together: Community Resiliency Hubs Hold the Promise of Local Self-Sufficiency and Supportive Mutual Aid | The Daily Yonder

Leo’s Community Development Center in Superior, Arizona, serves people before they even enter the building. The free clothing rack and food stand outside

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 13d

Thursday Talkers 10/2: The Trump Bailouts. After Trump’s capricious implementation of tariffs on America's largest trading partners destroyed the export market for agricultural products, Trump is now touting a bailout that could cost $14 billion. More: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/thursday-t...

Thursday Talkers 10/2: The Trump Bailouts

Plus, Shutdown, DOGE Made Government Less Efficient, Too Broke for Kids, Word of the Week, and more...

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 14d

Blatantly Breaking the Law: The Trump Administration and its Allies in Congress are Violating the Hatch to Push Their Partisan Narrative for the Government Shutdown. Read more about it here: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/blatantly-...

Blatantly Breaking the Law

The Trump Administration and its Allies in Congress are Violating the Hatch to Push Their Partisan Narrative for the Government Shutdown

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 14d

USDA Programs in Shutdown: What You Need to Know. As the harvest season heads into full force across the country and the government closes, farmers and ranchers need to be aware of the government programs that have ceased operation starting today. More: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/usda-progr...

USDA Programs in Shutdown: What You Need to Know

As the harvest season heads into full force across the country and the government closes, farmers and ranchers need to be aware of the government programs that have ceased operation starting today.

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 16d

Hunger Games, Trump Style. The recent efforts to actively attack people experiencing food insecurity are really an affront to what we collectively stand for in the United States. Read more on our Substack: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/hunger-gam...

Hunger Games, Trump Style

The bad Makeup is Still Included

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 16d

Today’s #RuralSpotlight highlights a $4 million grant awarded to the Virginia Rural Health Association from the Rural MOMS program to help address maternal health gaps in Southwest Virginia. More: cardinalnews.org/2025/09/23/v...

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 18d

This week’s #SelflessSaturday highlights @FarmAid.org's 40th anniversary concert, featuring artists such as Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and more to raise funds for American farmers. The event highlighted the struggles facing farmers today. Learn more here: shorturl.at/7IjbH

Farm Aid 40 photos: Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and more hold benefit concert for U.S. farmers

Held annually to raise money and draw awareness to the headwinds noncorporate farmers face, this year’s concert was held amid a backdrop of a fresh crop of challenges.

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 19d

FarmAid 40: A Moment of Unity, Celebration, and and the American Dream. On Saturday night, the atmosphere was electric at Farm Aid 40, a feeling set in motion by the 1986 music video for Willie Nelson’s “Living in the Promiseland.” More: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/farmaid-40...

FarmAid 40: A Moment of Unity, Celebration, and and the American Dream

On Saturday night, the atmosphere was electric at Farm Aid 40, a feeling set in motion by the 1986 music video for Willie Nelson’s “Living in the Promiseland.” Willie sang:

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 20d

Thursday Talkers 9/25: The Looming Government Shutdown. As the deadline approaches, the lack of action and contingency planning leaves Americans bracing for uncertainty, with both parties trading blame and critical services hanging in the balance. More: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/thursday-t...

Molina Healthcare of Utah and Partners Bring Mobile Mammogram Screenings to Cedar City and St. George - The MolinaCares Accord

CEDAR CITY and ST. GEORGE, Utah, September 25, 2025 – Molina Healthcare of Utah, Family Healthcare, and FourPoints Health recently joined together to bring The Boob Bus, featuring 3D mobile […]

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 21d

The Great Soybean Boycott continues. China has turned to Argentina to fill their soybean void, a supply gap that the U.S. typically dominates. Meanwhile, we're bailing out the Argentine economy. Guess that's the art of the deal. bit.ly/3IxGfPJ

China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say

Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 24d

Today’s #RuralSpotlight highlights the USDA’s $18M investment in Farm to School grants, helping rural schools expand access to local, nutritious food. Applications are open now. More: shorturl.at/VkT1f

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 24d

New Mexico’s free childcare policy will be the first of many. In our latest Substack post, learn how this program will transform life in rural, small town, and tribal communities.

Read now: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/new-mexico...

One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 25d

Happy #NationalPublicLandsDay!

Unfortunately, Congress is leaving our public parks and wildlands at risk of being sold. We must protect these lands that are deeply valued by our country and our people. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/onecount...

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 25d

This week’s #SelflessSaturday highlights The Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences stepping up for Ohio farmers by reactivating the Crop Monitor to track drought impacts. Learn more here:

Ohio State helps farmers manage impacts as drought conditions spread across Ohio

By Tracy Turner While not yet reaching the severity of last year’s growing season, drought conditions are once again taking hold across Ohio, raising renewed concern among agricultural experts and…

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 26d

Check out our latest Farm Friday Substack post: Losing Farmers to Hopelessness and Suicide.

Read more about the public health crisis gripping the agriculture community: open.substack.com/pub/onecount...

Losing American Farmers to Hopelessness and Suicide

A Public Health Crisis Gripping the Agricultural Community

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 27d

Thursday Talkers 9/18: The Great Soybean Boycott, Chilling Speech, Debunking Health Fund Myths, and more.

Read more: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/thursday-t...

Thursday Talkers 9/18: The Great Soybean Boycott

Plus, Chilling Speech, Rural Health Fund Myths, Word of the Week and more...

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One Country Project @onecountryproject.bsky.social · 28d

On this week’s episode of the #HotDishPod, Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, joins host Heidi Heitkamp to discuss federal debt, government spending, and the economic challenges facing rural America.

Tune in: lnk.to/onecountryot

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