Young Farmers

Female organic farmer standing in field on foggy fall morning harvesting squash

Climate Anxiety Takes a Growing Toll on Farmers

By Gosia Wozniacka

October 5, 2021

Extreme weather is bringing anguish and grief to an already precarious way of life.

Farmer Co-ops Are Giving Latinx Communities Room to Grow

By Victoria Bouloubasis

July 15, 2021

Delia Jovel and Latinx farmerss, members of Tierra Fertil Co-op, plant seeds and examine their crops on June 13, 2021 in Herdersonville, NC. (Photo by Juan Diego Reyes)

A Farmer-Owned Local Food App Stands Out from the Venture Capital-Backed Crowd

July 12, 2021

a farmer sells local food direct to consumers after making the sale through a smartphone app

After a Run for Ag Commissioner, Donovan Watson Wants Systemic Change for North Carolina’s Black Farmers

By J. Nailah Avery

May 20, 2021

Donovan Watson holds collard greens at Perkins Orchard. Perkins Orchard. (Photo courtesy of Donovan Watson)

Op-ed: Cancelling Student Debt Would Give Young BIPOC Farmers a Chance

By Vanessa García Polanco

April 23, 2021

young farmers who are carrying high levels of student debt are working in the field

Queer, BIPOC Farmers are Working for a More Inclusive and Just Farming Culture

April 1, 2021

A queer farmer at Rock Steady Farm.

Black Land Matters. But Is Crowdfunding Enough?

By Nadra Nittle

November 17, 2020

A Black farmer in a greenhouse growing crops to plant in the soil. Photo courtesy of Amber Tamm Canty.

Want More New Farmers on the Land? Give Landowners a Tax Break.

By Nicole Rasul

August 20, 2020

A group of young farmers or beginning farmers walking through their field in the early morning

Could Putting Farmland in the Commons Support Land Justice and Sustainability?

By Danielle Beurteaux

July 6, 2020

A Somali Bantu farmer tending the field in Maine.

Youth Are Flipping an Abandoned North Carolina Prison into a Sustainable Farm

By Christina Cooke

June 15, 2020

Logan Stern, Robin Patel, Terrence Smith, Michael Adyson Strickland, and Noran Sanford (left to right) stand in the pasture they've created outside the prison yard at the Scotland Correctional Center, which was decommissioned in 2001.

Millions of Dollars Heading to Farmers, but Small Farms Won’t See Much of it

By Gosia Wozniacka

June 1, 2020

Marsha Habib working in a farm field

In the Upper Midwest, Cracking the Code for Farmland Access

By Lauren Koshere

March 2, 2020

Kate Edwards on her Wild Woods Farm in Johnson County, Iowa. (USDA photo by Preston Keres)

Can YouTube Give Farmers a Financial Boost?

By Nadra Nittle

February 25, 2020

YouTube Farmers, from left: Zach Johnson, Meredith Barnard, Nick Welker, Ryan Kester, and Tony Fast. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)

Two States are Leading a Cover Crop Revival

February 11, 2020

cover crop rye grass

An Elder Statesman of Sustainable Ag Looks to the ‘Regenerative Generation’

February 3, 2020

Fred Kirschenmann speaking to a panel. Photo by Ben Hider, courtesy of Stone Barns.

Students of Color See a Future in Agriculture, but Farming Is a Tougher Sell

January 6, 2020

young farmer of color inspecting the tomatoes he's growing

Women Chefs and Farmers Are the Backbone of Detroit’s Food System

By Brittany Hutson

December 12, 2019

From left: Ederique Goudia of Gabriel Hall, Reniel Billups , Brittiany Peeler of Experience Relish, and Le'Genevieve Squires of Experience Relish. (Photo © Val Waller.)

Two New Films Paint Starkly Different Pictures of Farming in America

December 9, 2019

A boy herding cows in Farmsteaders

New Report Confirms Challenges for Young and Beginning Farmers

December 4, 2019

Young farmer struggling under the weight of a large squash.

A New Generation of Black Farmers Is Returning to the Land

By Leah Penniman

November 27, 2019

Members of the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust. (Photo by Matt Feinstein)

Biodiversity and Animal Welfare are Paramount for These Second-Generation North Carolina Farmers

By Christina Cooke

October 24, 2019

Worth and Hillary Kimmel with their foraging pigs.

For Young Farmers, Hemp Is a ‘Gateway Crop’

By Nadra Nittle

October 21, 2019

Mike Lewis and Shelby Floyd in a hemp field in Kentucky. (Photo credit: Anna Carson Dewitt Photography)

With $100, You Too Can Invest in Regenerative Agriculture

October 2, 2019

Fisheye Farms' Andy Chae.

Bringing Mushroom Cultivation to the People

By Melissa Pandika

July 18, 2019

william padilla-brown holding a bag of reishi mushrooms

A NYC Urban Garden Teaches Youth Community and Justice

By Jennifer D. Adams and Pieranna Pieroni, The Conversation

July 17, 2019

Sunflowers and luffa vines — related to cucumber, gourd and squash — are tended by a Community Roots participant and mentor in a Brooklyn school community garden with their instructor (right). (Photo by Pieranna Pieroni)