Farm Aid COVID-19 Farm Resilience Grantees
COVID-19 has challenged our agricultural system in an unprecedented way. Young farmers and ranchers have shown an unparalleled resiliency. They are keeping food banks stocked, creating new CSAs, and trying out online markets. All that while still moving us towards a farm future that is just and sustainable. While federal relief efforts have overlooked […]
Young Farmers, Farm Aid, and Vermont Farm First Receive Funding to Build Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network in Northeast
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, Communications Director, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 722 Allen Matthews, Farm First, allenm@investeap.org Jennifer Fahy, Farm Aid, jennifer@farmaid.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 5, 2019) The National Young Farmers Coalition, Farm Aid, and Vermont Farm First are honored to receive $480,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute […]
A Homegrown Concert, a Nationally Harvested Message – a reportback from Farm Aid 2013
This article was originally posted at sustainablekentucky.com. Twenty Seven years ago, before I even liked carrots, a serious farm crisis was going down and it was about to take family farms with it. In the seventies, leading up to the crisis, interest rates were low, export commodities were high, and farmers, hoping to become more […]
NYFC Tests Farm Aid Participants Young Farmer IQ
Whether they were farmers, folks who grew up on their parents’ farm, families who like to eat farm-fresh food, or just fans of good ol’ country music, Farm Aid 2012 brought 29,000 people together last Saturday in Hershey, Pennsylvania in support of family farmers. Since its first concert in 1985, Farm Aid has raised $40 […]
Connect with Young Farmers at Farm Aid Tomorrow!
Headed to Farm Aid tomorrow? Connect with NYFC while there and getting involved! The Young Farmers’ Coalition will have a table in the Farm Aid Farmyard area along with other farm-related organizations. This is the perfect opportunity to learn more about joining the national coalition, starting a local group, and what can be […]