JILLIAN HISHAW AS A
Farm Advocate
Jillian Hishaw is an agricultural lawyer, owner of Jillian Hishaw Consulting, and the founder and CEO of Hishaw Law LLC., Family Agriculture Resource Management Services (F.A.R.M.S.). Inspired by her own family’s land loss, this international non-profit provides technical and legal assistance to small farmers while reducing hunger in the farmer’s community. Hishaw’s first book, Don’t Bet the Farm on Medicaid, available on Amazon, examines how U.S. long-term care facilities can exercise their federal authority to place a lien on a resident’s property, forcing a sale if an outstanding debt is owed. Hishaw has 15 years of professional experience in the areas of civil rights, land protection, and agricultural policy.
In 2017, Hishaw was recognized as a “Food Changemaker” by CLIF Bar Co. and has been interviewed by O (Oprah) Magazine, the Atlantic, Vice News, the Washington Post and more. Hishaw has 20 years of professional experience and has raised funds for various hunger relief, conservation, and law programs.
Successful charitable programs aimed at serving small rural farmers
As a philanthropist, Hishaw has also raised thousands of dollars for charitable food programs and has been interviewed by various academic, newspaper and podcast outlets. Additionally, Hishaw has several law review and American Bar Association newsletter articles published in outlets such as Civil Eats, the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, the Journal of Food Law & Policy, WUNC – NPR, South Carolina Now and more. Hishaw is the Founding CEO of Family Agriculture Resource Management Services (F.A.R.M.S.) a regional non-profit organization and Hishaw Law. F.A.R.M.S., provides legal services to small farmers in seven rural states in the South and Southeast. Over the past nearly five years in operation, F.A.R.M.S., has saved a small farm in South Carolina from foreclosure, donated near one million lbs. of produce to rural high poverty communities and more! With a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Tuskegee University, Law Degree and Legal Masters in Agricultural Law from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Hishaw education and professional expertise can be applied to many different facets of business.
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