In a year when the pandemic has brought greater urgency to the challenges faced by farmers, some are speaking out on issues beyond the farm. (via EaterHouston)
last year. The account continues to draw attention for its subversive, progressive-leaning political stances in rural Texas, which is often stereotyped as a blood red conservative stronghold.Blue Heron Farm
“For the last 20 or 30 years refugee resettlement hasn’t been a politically charged issue, really,” Vallette explained. “It has become so under the current administration, and so it was a little scary for us to feel like we were really sticking our neck out there but it was a no-brainer. We didn’t have an option because that’s literally our mission — to help resettle refugees.”when Abbott announced Texas would not enroll the state in the federal refugee resettlement program.
“For four decades, the government was in favor of refugee resettlement regardless of the party of the administration,” Vallette said. “Regardless of who was in office we resettled Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees, we resettled Iraqis and Afghans, and multitudes of other nationalities just because it was the right thing to do.”
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