May Day Solidarity in the Fields: A Brighter Farmworker Future
My name is Yahaira Caceres, the Immigration and Labor Policy Coordinator at the National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers). As May Day rolls around, I am thinking about how we can advocate for workers’ rights as an organization and show up in solidarity with farmworkers. I thought this blog post would be the perfect opportunity […]
RELEASE: NATIONAL YOUNG FARMER SURVEY REVEALS A GENERATION READY TO DEFY ODDS
Young farmers working to overcome barriers—land access, student debt, labor, health care. National Young Farmers Coalition issues report on survey results; calls on lawmakers, businesses, and consumers to promote the “Young Farmer Agenda” as Congress writes a new farm bill
HUDSON, NY – Nov. 27, 2017 – America’s new generation of young farmers expect to overcome major barriers to their success in agriculture, including access to land, affordable health care, and mounting student loan debt, but success will require deliberate policy change at all levels of government, according to the 2017 National Young Farmer Survey. The survey was conducted by the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) in partnership with Dr. Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director of Sustainability at George Washington University and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.