Young Farmers USDA Access and Accountability Team supports BIPOC farmers
My name is Ebonee Stevenson, and I am the new USDA Access and Accountability Organizer with the National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers). I am a veteran community organizer, Master Urban Farmer, a community-based educator, and consumer of copious amounts of ramen. You may be wondering what a USDA Access and Accountability Organizer does and […]
Young Farmer Climate Perspectives: Scott Chang-Fleeman, Shao Shan Farm, Bolinas, CA
Living and farming in Northern California, Scott Chang-Fleeman of Shao Shan Farm is no stranger to the ways in which climate change is affecting farmers like him. Shao Shan Farm is a five-acre certified organic farm specializing in East and Southeast Asian vegetables. They sell their products through direct marketing — at farmers markets, through […]
Young Farmer Climate Perspectives: Bari Zeiger, Healing Poem Farm, Java, NY
USDA must focus on expanding and supporting the young and BIPOC farmers who are already working to fight the climate crisis through farming. My name is Bari Zeiger and I am the owner and operator of Healing Poem Farm, an ecological farm in the start-up phase, located 35 minutes from the city of Buffalo in […]