Young Farmers

A Somali Bantu farmer tending the field in Maine.

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

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07.06.20

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.

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

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06.15.20

Marsha Habib working in a farm field

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

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06.01.20

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

In the Upper Midwest, Cracking the Code for Farmland Access

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03.02.20

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

Can YouTube Give Farmers a Financial Boost?

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02.25.20

cover crop rye grass

Two States are Leading a Cover Crop Revival

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02.11.20

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

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

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02.03.20

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