Request for Proposals (RFP) for Executive Search Firm/Consultant
Request for Proposals Executive Search Firm to Recruit the next Executive Director(s) of the National Young Farmers Coalition Released: May 16, 2022 Proposals due: 5:00pm PST May 27, 2022 The National Young Farmers Coalition (“Young Farmers”) is seeking proposals from
Chapter Capacity Grant Feature: Hudson Valley Young Farmers Chapter
This is the second installment in a blog series featuring the winners of our 2022 Muck Boot Chapter Capacity Grant program. The grant program awarded five Young Farmers chapters with $5,000 to compensate their organizing efforts or to cover expenses
Press Releases
See MoreRELEASE: The National Young Farmers Coalition applauds extension of the student loan payment pause
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications Director, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 ext. 722 Washington, D.C. (April 7, 2022) The National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) applauds President Biden’s decision to extend the pause on student loan payments until
Release: President’s Budget Demonstrates Commitment to a more just and resilient Future for U.S. Agriculture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications Director, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 ext. 722 Washington, D.C. (March 29, 2022) Staff from the National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) released the following statements in response to President Biden’s proposed
Farmer Stories & Opinion
See MoreChapter Capacity Grant Feature: Hudson Valley Young Farmers Chapter
This is the second installment in a blog series featuring the winners of our 2022 Muck Boot Chapter Capacity Grant program. The grant program awarded five Young Farmers chapters with $5,000 to compensate their organizing efforts or to cover expenses
Young Farmer Climate Perspectives: Kellee Matsushita-Tseng, UCSC Farm, Santa Cruz, CA
The compounding issues of dangerous farming conditions, changes in weather patterns, and a lack of access to water are felt more strongly by small, diversified, and BIPOC farmers, and lawmakers must find pathways to support these farmers. Young Farmers Board
Campaigns
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Representing Young Farmers’ Priorities at the First 2023 Farm Bill Field Hearing
The next farm bill will be signed into law in 2023, and the Coalition’s farmers and staff are already busy advocating for the priorities of young and BIPOC farmers. On Friday, April 29, our Michigan Organizer, Payge Lindow, alongside Land
Young Farmers FY 2022 Appropriations Priorities
The National Young Farmers Coalition (“Young Farmers”) unites young farmers and ranchers to ensure a bright and equitable future for U.S. agriculture, and works with policymakers to address the most critical systemic barriers preventing motivated young people and people of
Podcast
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Looking Back on a Decade of Young Farmers
We turn the mic on Lindsey this week for the finale episode of our first season of the Young Farmers Podcast. The National Young Farmers Coalition’s Sophie Ackoff, VP of Policy and Campaigns, and Holly Rippon-Butler, Land Access Program Director,
Hemp, CBD, and the U.S. Green Rush
Today we dive into the heady world of industrial hemp. Hemp is no longer just for Canadian cereal companies and scratchy beige t-shirts. This low-THC strain of cannabis, think of it as the well behaved fraternal twin to marijuana, is,
