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CELEBRATING ONE YEAR OF YOUNG FARMERS’ ONE MILLION ACRES FOR THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN
Since launching our One Million Acres for the Future campaign in November 2021 with the support of Chipotle, the Young Farmers’ team has been working hard to build power for our farmer leaders and to change federal policy—and we have started to see this work pay off! After a year of organizing and advocating for policy change…
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Celebrating our rapid response to the USDA Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program
USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program was a historic funding opportunity for community-led land access initiatives across the country. The National Young Farmers Coalition mobilized a rapid response effort to ensure organizations working on land access, particularly BIPOC-led and low-resource, knew about the funding opportunity and had support to apply. Between mid-September and…
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Digging into the Inflation Reduction Act and its impacts on the future of farming
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. This $750 billion, once-in-a-generation bill makes critical investments in climate action and conservation, lowers healthcare costs, and amends the tax code. This is the largest single investment Congress has ever made in climate legislation! While we don’t yet know the full…
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Student Debt Relief Is Worth It to Young Farmers
As the political and legal battle heats up over student loan forgiveness, 22 million applicants for the Federal Student Loan Debt Relief program await relief in the nine weeks before the student loan payment pause is due to expire. Last Friday, October 21st, a federal appeals court put a temporary hold on President Biden’s student…
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Young Farmers’ Comments on the USDA’s Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program
On October 24, 2022, Immigration and Labor Coordinator Yahaira Cáceres submitted comments to the federal register on the USDA’s Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program on behalf of the National Young Farmers Coalition. *** The National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) appreciates the opportunity to provide written comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s…
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RELEASE: Young Farmers commends USDA for assisting economically distressed farmers in staying on the land
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications Director, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 ext. 722 Washington, D.C. (October 19, 2022) On October 18, 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the phased implementation of $3.1 billion in critical debt relief for distressed borrowers whose agricultural operations are at financial risk, which was…
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Nick and Amelia Neaton, MN
Sweet Beet Farm is a small, 10-member CSA run by the husband-and-wife team of Nick and Amelia Neaton in Watertown, Minnesota (located 30 minutes west of Minneapolis). Nick and Amelia are in their first year as a full-fledged farm operation and despite no advertising budget and no fancy website, they’ve still managed to get the…