Funding for land conservation was cut from $28 billion to $20 billion, according to the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — David Glisson is the owner of Driven Farms in Milledgeville.
For the past five years, Glisson has focused on keeping his cattle organic and free from harmful substances, so he can serve the best meats to his customers.
“That’s why I got into it and I love nature. And then when I found out there was a problem with some of our food, I wanted to improve that,” Glisson said.
Glisson’s cattle are rotated to different parts of the farm to keep them healthy and improve the soil and nurture the ecosystem. Everything Glisson does for the farm goes back to the people he sells to.
When big corporate farms don’t keep their land clean, he says it can harm people.
“They put thousands of animals on dirt fields. There’s no grass and because they’re on dirt fields and they’re on …