VIDEO: Young Farmers Speak Up
Do you want to change food and farming in the US? Then it’s time to get with your chapter and engage elected officials. In this short video, see members of the Hudson Valley Young Farmers Coalition in action– sharing stories, building relationships and winning the change they need!
USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden Sits down with NYFC and Hudson Valley Farmers
NYFC got the rare opportunity last week to sit down with the USDA’s new Deputy Secretary, Krysta Harden, in Clermont, NY, when she was in-state for the Young Farmers Conference at the Stone Barns Center for Agriculture.
The Art of the Seed: A Visit to the Hudson Valley Seed Library
The story of the Hudson Valley Seed Library reads much like that of a seed itself: accomplishing the extraordinary with very little. Recently, a small group of young farmers and apprentices toured the Seed Library in the last meeting of the year of the Mid-Hudson CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training) group, to learn about its seed-saving operations. […]