California Campaign

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California is the largest agricultural economy in the country, and one of the top five in the world.

NYFC wants to be sure young farmers in California have a voice in policy reform. To understand the needs of young farmers in the golden state, NYFC is starting by listening.

Please join us in a session wherein we will hear your joys and challenges as farmers. You will have the chance to hear from fellow farmers and contribute to a California policy platform. The draft policy platform will be released in summer 2018 as a foundation for our collective action to help farmers and ranchers thrive.

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Please take a moment to complete our survey.

 

We greatly appreciate your participation in directing our policy work. This process is just the beginning. We look forward to continuing to work with you to create solutions and build a future with farmers.

The opacity of our political system deterred me from engaging in formal politics, but I realized that I shouldn’t shy away from what affects everything I do and my own and fellow agrarian’s ability to thrive. I became involved in policy in late 2016 and learned a great deal from farmers and advocates through the process of writing and passing the Farmer Equity Act. We can do much more together, and I hope to work with you to change policy for the benefit of all farmers.

—Mai Nguyen, farmer and NYFC’s California Organizer

Please feel free to reach out to Mai with questions about the listening sessions, survey, and policy platform development: mai@youngfarmers.org.

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CA farmers pictured above (L-R): Vivian Santana-Pacheco, Sarah Cousins, Rachel Lane, Beth Burzinsky, Leigh Gaymon-Jones, Moretta Browne.

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