Young Farmers

young farmer of color inspecting the tomatoes he's growing

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

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01.06.20

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

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

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12.12.19

A boy herding cows in Farmsteaders

Two New Films Paint Starkly Different Pictures of Farming in America

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12.09.19

Young farmer struggling under the weight of a large squash.

New Report Confirms Challenges for Young and Beginning Farmers

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12.04.19

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

A New Generation of Black Farmers Is Returning to the Land

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11.27.19

Worth and Hillary Kimmel with their foraging pigs.

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

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10.24.19

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

For Young Farmers, Hemp Is a ‘Gateway Crop’

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10.21.19

Fisheye Farms' Andy Chae.

With $100, You Too Can Invest in Regenerative Agriculture

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10.02.19

william padilla-brown holding a bag of reishi mushrooms

Bringing Mushroom Cultivation to the People

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07.18.19

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)

A NYC Urban Garden Teaches Youth Community and Justice

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07.17.19

young farmer tending to his flock of sheep

Despite Many Challenges, the U.S. Has More Young Farmers Than it Did Five Years Ago

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04.12.19

Participants of Soul Fire Farm’s training program transplant pepper seedlings. Photo by Neshima Vitale-Penniman.

By Reconnecting With Soil, We Heal the Planet and Ourselves

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02.18.19

Rev. Floyd D. Harris Jr. harvests cabbage from Freedom School Fresno’s demonstration farm. (Photo © Joan Cusick)

Fresno’s Freedom School is Changing the Narrative on Farming for Black Youth

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02.13.19

Kate Greenberg, Colorado Department of Agriculture Commissioner

Meet Kate Greenberg, Colorado’s New Commissioner of Agriculture

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02.11.19

saafon black farmers support organization

SAAFON Works to Restore Land Justice for Black Farmers in the South

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01.21.19

Roy Reid (center) working with service learning students at the CSUF garden. (Photo credit: Sara Johnson)

A Farm and Restaurant Program that Helps Foster Kids Succeed

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01.15.19

A farmer with his dairy cows. Photo courtesy of American Farmland Trust.

Has New York Found the Secret to Linking Retiring Farmers and Eager Upstarts?

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01.08.19

three generations of farmers at meadowlark organics

Three Generations, Two Families, and One Organic Farm Model Succession

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12.19.18