Release: Senate Hearing Highlights Need for Broader View of Beginning Farmer Challenges
Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications and Digital Advocacy Director National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 722 (Washington, D.C., June 5, 2024) Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade held a hearing entitled, “Pathways to Farming: Helping the Next Generation of Farmers.” The almost two-hour hearing featured four […]
House Committee on Agriculture Passes a Draft Farm Bill Despite Opposition from Young Farmers and Partner Organizations
CONGRESSIONAL OVERVIEW On Friday, May 17, 2024, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Glenn “G.T.” Thompson, released the first draft of the House Farm Bill, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (HR 8467). Young Farmers opposed the bill, and mobilized hundreds of advocates in direct and grassroots action to encourage House […]
RELEASE: National Young Farmers Coalition Reacts to House Agriculture Committee Chair’s Framework for 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 15, 2024) On May 10, 2024, House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson released a title-by-title summary of a framework for the upcoming House Farm Bill. This outline is a step in the process, […]
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 […]
Young Farmer Leaders in D.C. to Advocate for Top Farm Bill Priorities
On March 21st, 15 farmers from our network joined Young Farmers staff and partners from the Land Stewardship Project and the Midwest Farmers of Color Collective in Washington, D.C. to advocate for our equitable land access and climate policy priorities in the upcoming farm bill. Together, we led 21 meetings, sharing our stories and farm […]
Young Farmers Appropriations Priorities for the 2024 Fiscal Year
By Yahaira Cáceres Each year, the National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) participates in the appropriations process by submitting letters to Members of Congress. The appropriations process refers to how Congress allocates funding each year to different federal agencies and programs. By submitting letters to Members of Congress, stakeholders in the agriculture industry (including farmers, […]
How the next farm bill could plant a new crop of farmers
From Grist, by Lindsey Lusher Shute (Posted 1-2-2011) USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack recently called for 100,000 new farmers — a recognition that the U.S. farm population is aging rapidly. To create a revitalized, sustainable, and socially-just food system, we need to cultivate a new generation of farmers — and quickly. But starting a business takes […]
How the next farm bill could plant a new crop of farmers
From Grist, by Lindsey Lusher Shute (Posted 1-2-2011) USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack recently called for 100,000 new farmers — a recognition that the U.S. farm population is aging rapidly. To create a revitalized, sustainable, and socially-just food system, we need to cultivate a new generation of farmers — and quickly. But starting a business takes […]
Young Farmers Highlight Meetings From 2022 Spring In-Districts
When Congress goes on recess each spring, legislators tend to leave Washington, D.C. and head back to their home districts for District Work Periods, or “in-districts.” In April, thirty-nine farmers held thirty-two in-district meetings with legislators across the country to share about the challenges they face on their farms, and the policy solutions they need. […]
Representing Young Farmers’ Priorities at the First 2023 Farm Bill Field Hearing
The next farm bill will be signed into law in 2023, and the Coalition’s farmers and staff are already busy advocating for the priorities of young and BIPOC farmers. On Friday, April 29, our Michigan Organizer, Payge Lindow, alongside Land Advocacy Fellows Candius Elliott of Workin Roots Farm and Detra Iverson of Love n Labor […]