In our first monthly update of the year, we have lots of news to share from our snowbound headquarters in Hudson, NY: new staff, new board members, new advisors, and a new guidebook! We also have updates on #FarmingIsPublicService, a
We’ve been on the road this summer, crop mobbing with the Missouri Young Farmers Coalition, talking shop with first-generation organic grain farmers in Montana, and square dancing with the Washington Young Farmers Coalition. All along the way, we’re collecting stories for our
We’ve got some exciting news to report! Musician Jack Jonson has announced his support for the National Young Farmers Coalition through a partnership between NYFC, Jack, and YOU! For the next 25 hours, Jack Johnson’s foundation, the Johnson Ohana Charitable
Thank you. Last month, 213 farmers and consumers joined NYFC. This growth topped off an incredible year: a dozen new chapters formed, we rallied nearly a thousand farmers and consumers to tell the FDA that organic and diversified farms
A few weeks ago, I interviewed Temple Grandin, activist, author and the leading ranchers’ consultant on livestock conditions, about her advice for sustainable American farms and why she supports NYFC. Here’s some of what she had to say…
NYFC is a grassroots coalition of farmers and ranchers just like you – from fruit growers in Maine to livestock ranchers in Louisiana to West Coast CSA farmers – who believe there should be fewer obstacles to starting a farm.