RELEASE: House and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairs Release Visions for New Farm Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications and Digital Advocacy Director National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 ext. 722 Washington, D.C. (May 2, 2024) Yesterday, U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) published a detailed preview of the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024, laying out a path forward […]
RELEASE: Young Farmers joins a global coalition calling to integrate a food systems approach at COP28
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications Director National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 Washington, D.C. (November 29, 2023) The National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) joins a global coalition calling to reinforce the urgency of integrating a food systems approach within the United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework […]
RELEASE: National Young Farmers Coalition Comment on the Reconciliation Package
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lytisha Wyatt, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org Washington, D.C. (October 1st, 2021) – The National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) commends Congress, and especially the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, for their proposed investments in the current reconciliation package to help farmers, including young and BIPOC farmers, and to tackle the […]
Young Farmers and Climate Change: Katie Funk and Jeff Hake at Funks Grove, Illinois
Farmers who produce maple syrup depend on cycles of above-freezing days and freezing nights to keep tree sap flowing. These ideal conditions typically occur during late winter or early spring in New England and the Midwest, allowing tappers to collect sweet sap to boil down to maple syrup. But for farmers Katie Funk and Jeff […]
National Young Farmers Coalition Endorses Agriculture Resilience Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: https://www.youngfarmers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-17-at-2.19.49-PM-2-1.png, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org , 518-643-3564 ext. 722 Washington, D.C. (April 22, 2021) – 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. This Earth Week, National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) is […]
Young Farmers and Climate Change: Reflections on Winter Storm Uri with Carolina Mueller
“Climate change isn’t anything new for farmers who have been working here for the past ten years,” says Carolina Mueller, a farmer who supports her partner and farm owner, Lorig Hawkins, with running Middle Ground Farm, a 30-acre certified organic vegetable and livestock farm in Utley, Texas. Carolina Mueller (left) and Lorig Hawkins (right) stand […]
Young Farmers Climate Statement
Young farmers and ranchers across the country are working to solve the climate crisis. Join us. The thousands of young farmers and ranchers in our 45 chapters across the country began careers in agriculture for manifold reasons: to grow healthier food for their communities; to steward the land, water, and natural resources for future generations; […]
Looking to 2020: Climate Action, the Farm Crisis, and Politics in Rural America
Lindsey speaks with Matt Russell, an Iowa farmer and executive director of Iowa Interfaith Power and Light, an organization that brings people of all faiths together in conversation about critical issues, like climate change and the future of rural America. Matt sees an opportunity for farmers to be on the forefront of climate innovation and […]
The time is now for young farmers to take climate action
Last week, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on climate change, calling for “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society,” including agriculture, in order to keep atmospheric warming from exceeding 1.5°C by 2030, and to avoid global crisis. Though the conclusions of the report are dire, there […]