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Press Release: New leadership for the National Young Farmers Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications Director National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 722 Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2023) With overwhelming support and enthusiasm, the National Young Farmers Coalition’s Board of Directors and staff announce Michelle A. T. Hughes and Katherine Un as the organization’s new Co-Executive Directors. Katherine (they/she) and Michelle (she/her) are already accomplished…
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Press Release: The National Young Farmers Coalition launches farmer mental health website during Mental Health Awareness Month
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org , 518-643-3564 ext. 722 Washington, D.C. (April 25, 2023) In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) is celebrating its partnership in Cultivemos, a network for farmer and farmworker well-being in the Northeast. Cultivemos relaunches its online presence this month…
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Stewarding Our Water: Opportunities to Uplift the Leadership of Young Farmers
Water is essential to farmers’ success, and it does not just impact farmers—access to clean water impacts everyone, everywhere. Water stewardship in agriculture must involve far more than water conservation, it must involve holistic approaches to soil health, grazing, rangeland and forest management, watershed health, and the centering of Indigenous knowledge, also known as Traditional…
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Press Release: Young Farmer Success Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org , 518-643-3564 ext. 722 Washington, D.C. (April 25, 2023) The National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) applauds Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15), Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), and Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) for coming together to introduce the Young Farmer Success Act, an important bill that could incentivize young people to enter agricultural professions by…
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Making Conservation Programs Accessible to Young and BIPOC Farmers: Joseluis Ortiz y Muniz
This morning, April 20th, New Mexico Water Fellow Joseluis Ortiz y Muniz travelled to Washington, D.C. to testify at the Senate Agriculture Committee’s hearing on farm bill conservation programs. He spoke to Congress about how to make these programs that can be instrumental in combatting climate change more accessible to young and BIPOC farmers. Below…
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Young Farmers Appropriations Priorities for the 2024 Fiscal Year
By Yahaira Cáceres Each year, the National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) participates in the appropriations process by submitting letters to Members of Congress. The appropriations process refers to how Congress allocates funding each year to different federal agencies and programs. By submitting letters to Members of Congress, stakeholders in the agriculture industry (including farmers,…
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RELEASE: The National Young Farmers Coalition endorses the Agriculture Resilience Act and its farmer-focused path to a climate resilient future for agriculture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org , 518-643-3564 ext. 722 Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2023) Today, Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) in Congress, which outlines a farmer-focused, research-driven path to net-zero agriculture. The National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) is…
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The Largest Young Farmer Fly-In in History Calls for a 2023 Farm Bill that Equitably Invests in the Next Generation in Agriculture
Young and BIPOC farmers need land access NOW. Across the country, land prices are soaring, putting land access out of reach for many young farmers. As a result, many young and BIPOC farmers are leaving agriculture. That is why we launched our One Million Acres for the Future campaign and brought over 100 farmer leaders…
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Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing on 2023 Farm Bill Conservation and Forestry Programs
In early March, we submitted a letter for the record for a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on 2023 Farm Bill conservation and forestry programs. As climate change continues to be an increasing and persistent threat to agriculture, farm bill conservation programs are tools that can assist farmers in conservation and building climate resiliency. According to…
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As SCOTUS hears arguments on student loan debt relief, Young Farmers weighs in
As the Supreme Court of the United States hears cases made for and against the Biden Administration’s student debt cancellation program, many of the farmers in our network are anxiously awaiting the relief that they have been promised. Farmers want to be able to get on with the yearly budgeting and planning processes that will…