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How the next farm bill could plant a new crop of farmers
From Grist, by Lindsey Lusher Shute (Posted 1-2-2011) USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack recently called for 100,000 new farmers — a recognition that the U.S. farm population is aging rapidly. To create a revitalized, sustainable, and socially-just food system, we need to cultivate a new generation of farmers — and quickly. But starting a business takes…
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Cara Fraver and Luke Deikis, NY
By Cara Fraver Quincy Farm is still in its first days, but we have been working on the plan for years. Luke Deikis, my partner, and I will cultivate organically grown vegetables on abeautiful 48 acre farm on the Hudson River in upstate New York. We plan to sell CSA shares as the years progress,…
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Emily Oakley and Mike Appel, OK
We are Emily Oakley and Mike Appel, and we own and operate Three Springs Farm, a diversified, certified-organic vegetable farm in northeastern Oklahoma. We cultivate over fifty different crops on six acres of land. Farming is our full-time job; we don’t have any off-farm income. About half of our crop land is sown in annuals…
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NYFC/Greenhorns Testify at Beginning Farmer and Rancher Advisory Committee in DC
Hannah Berhardt is at it again! She offered this testimony on behalf of the Greenhorns and the National Young Farmers’ Coalition at today’s meeting of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Agriculture: My name is Hannah Bernhardt, and I’m here today on behalf of the non-profit organization The Greenhorns–whose mission…
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Young Farmer Testifies at Antitrust Hearing
The following testimony was given during the Department of Justice’s recent workshop on antitrust issues in agriculture in Washington, DC: My name is Hannah Bernhardt, and I’m here on behalf of the National Young Farmers Coalition and the non-profit organization The Greenhorns, whose mission is to recruit, support, and promote young and beginning farmers in…
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NYFC Brings Young Farmers, Policy Experts to The Table
Last week, at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture’s Young Farmers’ Conference, the National Young Farmers’ Coalition started to develop a young farmer federal policy agenda. In partnership with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, NYFC convened young farmers and policy makers to brainstorm the policies and programs that young farmer need in the…
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Dana Gentile, NY
Interview with young farmer Dana Gentile, by Devin Dinihanian Let’s start with the H’s and W’s. Can you tell me who you are, what and where you farm, how long you’ve been farming, and lastly, why you’ve chosen to be a farmer? My name is Dana Gentile and I am a meat goat farmer. My partner Abbi and…
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Corbin Lichtinger, PA
Hello, my name is Corbin Lichtinger. I farm a small tract of land located in Cussewago Bottoms, roughly ten miles north of Meadville and thirty miles south of Erie, Pennsylvania. The farm I have worked on for the past two years is called Fresh From the Vines. It identifies as a small, family farm that…
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Young Farmer News
Access to capital; farm succession and access to land are Canadian young farmers top worries. Farm Bureau Federation thinks the Republicans will go easy on farm programs–and environmental protection. Brazil’s got something to say about the Farm Bill. What do you think? Young raw milk dairy farmer in PA wins Farm Bureau vid contest The…