Climate

September 26, 2019

Board and Staff of the National Young Farmers Coalition

Young farmers and ranchers across the country are working to solve the climate crisis. Join us. The thousands of young farmers and ranchers in our 45 chapters across the country began careers in agriculture for manifold reasons: to grow healthier

Farming in a New Climate Reality with Mark Howden of the IPCC

December 12, 2018

Lindsey Lusher Shute and Hannah Beal

In October, the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a stunning Special Report on Climate Change. The study found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate, we will face devastating consequences across all sectors by

The time is now for young farmers to take climate action

October 19, 2018

Jessica Manly

Last week, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on climate change, calling for “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society,” including agriculture, in order to keep atmospheric warming from exceeding 1.5°C

Risky business: How Ten Mothers Farm in North Carolina is recovering from the hurricanes and preparing for the future

October 17, 2018

Gordon Jenkins

Since my wife Vera and I started Ten Mothers Farm in Hillsborough, NC three years ago, we’ve become accustomed to the idea that farming is a risky business. We’ve weathered our share of crop failures, but they’ve always been manageable: