# Chillicothe, 40 Years Later: Part 1

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Podcast: [Against the Grain: The Farm Aid Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947)
Published: 2026-05-07T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In Part I of this special two-part episode of "Against the Grain," we take you back to Chillicothe, Missouri to mark the 40th anniversary of the longest sustained farmer protest in American history. Starting in March of 1986, farmers and movement allies blockaded the Farmers Home Administration office in Chillicothe for 145 days. Organized in large part by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, the blockade brought together a multiracial working class coalition of civil rights, labor, and fa...

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