RELEASE: BIPARTISAN STUDENT LOAN BILL SEEKS TO RECRUIT 100,000 NEW FARMERS
The Young Farmer Success Act of 2015 would incentivize farming by adding farmers to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. — University of Maryland agriculture instructor Meredith Epstein loves teaching, but it isn’t the career she imagined for herself. Epstein doesn’t lack the skills, training, or talent for her chosen profession—farming—she simply can’t afford to invest in a farm of her own because she has student loan debt.
March Update: Leanna Says Goodbye to Student Debt
This week, we learned that our Operations Manager, Leanna Mulvihill, was selected to receive student loan forgiveness by New York State. Leanna is starting her own livestock operation this year and will now be able to invest her savings in lambs and pigs instead of student loan payments. This is exactly the kind of impact […]