AN EAR TO THE GROUND EPISODE 3

Every five years, the National Young Farmers Coalition surveys young and Black, Indigenous, and people of color farmers, ranchers, and growers across the country to understand their brightest hopes and biggest challenges, and the policy solutions that will help them to be successful in their farming careers. In 2022, the National Young Farmers Coalition received over 10,000 responses from past, current, and aspiring farmers. This three part series shares some of their stories through a partnership between the National Young Farmers Coalition, its Land Advocacy Fellowship program, and the Cal Ag Roots Podcast.

This third, and final, episode features audio op-eds from three Land Advocacy Fellows: Brooke Porter, a land steward in El Sobrante, California; Lily Nauta, a land therapy advocate and agriculturalist in Santa Cruz; and Ali McMorrow, a vegetable farmer in Butte County, California. Through their own individual stories, they explain the importance of the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill.

National Young Farmers Coalition 2023 Farm Bill Asks: https://www.youngfarmers.org/land/policy/2023-farm-bill-asks/

Join us! We are building a coalition to advocate for equitable land policy change in the 2023 Farm Bill: https://p2a.co/6TaLlaN

California: Sign up for this campaign here: https://p2a.co/GGlxeVP

Image Credit: Stella Kalinina

This episode’s narration was written by Héktor Luis Calderón-Victoria (Farmer and California Farm Organizer for the National Young Farmers Coalition). Production assistance was provided by Dr. Caroline Collins (Cal Ag Roots Producer, California Institute for Rural Studies) and Li Schmidt (Associate Storyteller and Researcher, California Institute for Rural Studies). Audio engineering was provided by Li Schmidt, (Associate Storyteller and Researcher, California Institute for Rural Studies).

This series features audio op-eds from the following Land Advocacy Fellows: TemuAsyr Martin Bey, Veronica Mazeriegos-Anastassiou, Ali McMorrow, Lily Nauta, Stephanie Ortiz, Mayra Perez, Brooke Porter, and Jamie Sosa.

This project was made possible with support from the 11th Hour Project at the Schmidt Family Foundation. Music Credits for Episode 3: "Willow Wonder" by Guustavv, "Back in my Bag, Again" by Iso Indies, "the rebirth bug" by Olivia Blumenthal, "Form is Emptiness" by Sayuri Hayashi Egnell, "Willow Wonder" by Guustsavv. Epidemic Sound licensing information can be found here: www.epidemicsound.com/policy/commerc…music-license/. Credits music by Nangdo. Tribe of Noise licensing information can be found here: prosearch.tribeofnoise.com/pages/terms

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