Young Farmers

Johanna Willingham (left), who manages Georgia FarmLink on behalf of ALT, and Jean Young (right), the first incubator farmer at ALT’s Williams Farm Incubator Program, walk the greenhouse at Williams Farm. (Photo credit: Oisakhose Aghomo)

Forging Pathways to Land Access for BIPOC Farmers in Georgia

By Oisakhose Aghomo

March 2, 2023

Emerging tools are helping young and beginning BIPOC farmers find farmland and navigate the confusing legal process needed to acquire and manage it.

An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

February 7, 2023

A USDA scientist examines sorghum plants. (USDA photo by Peggy Greb)

Young Farmers Are Growing Food for Climate Action and Racial Justice

November 28, 2022

Iriel Edwards working on the farm. (Photo courtesy of Iriel Edwards)

A Young Oyster Farmer Carrying on the Family Business

By Bridget Shirvell

November 28, 2022

Gaby Zlotkowsky on a boat holding a basket of oysters. (Photo credit: Capshore Photography)

This Young Climate Activist Has Her Hands in the Soil and Her Eyes on the Future

By Twilight Greenaway

November 21, 2022

Young climate activist Ollie Perrault holding a chicken. (Photo courtesy of Ollie Perrault)

The Urban Farms Growing Community in Vacant Chicago Lots

By Jordyn Harrison, YES! Magazine

February 18, 2022

Seamus Ford stands at the north corner of the garden after giving a tour in October 2021. (Photo by Jordyn Harrison)

The Field Report: Ranking Chain Restaurants on Animal Welfare

January 26, 2022

SAN RAFAEL, CA - OCTOBER 01: Nutritional information is printed on the wrapper of a McDonald's Egg McMuffin October 1, 2008 in San Rafael, California. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Tuesday that makes California the first state in the U.S. to require chain restaurants to reveal calorie information on standard menu items. The law goes into effect in July 2009. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Beginning Farmers, Farmers of Color Outbid as Farmland Prices Soar

January 3, 2022

Op-Ed: Young Farmers Are Locked Out of the System, and the Asset Economy Is to Blame

By Caitlin Ehlers

December 15, 2021

Young farmer wearing blue overall while feeding straw to calves on the farm

Climate Anxiety Takes a Growing Toll on Farmers

By Gosia Wozniacka

October 5, 2021

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

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