Join us for a special series of The Farm Report in collaboration with Heritage Radio Network that's all about The Farm Bill. Tune in to hear from farmers, policymakers, organizers, and food advocates about all the ways the farm bill directly im

Building Climate Resilience: 2023 Farm Bill Part 3

Sep 15th, 2023 45m 12s

This is the third episode of our 2023 Farm Bill series, digging into the farm policy that will affect the next generation of farmers and ranchers.We’ve been asking how 1,000 pages of federal policy can provide tangible benefits and support to b

Solving the Land Access Crisis: 2023 Farm Bill Part 2

Jul 19th, 2023 42m 20s

This is the second episode of a six-part series focused on the one thing everyone in our network – from farmers to policymakers, organizers to corporate partners – is laser-focused on right now: the 2023 Farm Bill.In this episode, we're joined

Making it Work for Young Farmers: 2023 Farm Bill Part 1

Apr 27th, 2023 36m 4s

This is the first episode of a new six-part series focused on the one thing everyone in our network – from farmers to policymakers, organizers to corporate partners – seems to be laser focused on right now: the 2023 Farm Bill.We're joined by Bi

Young Farmers Are Losing Land to Wealthy Buyers

Aug 23rd, 2022 42m 49s

Access to affordable, quality farmland is the top challenge young farmers face, particularly BIPOC farmers, who today make up only 2% of farmland owners. Young Farmer's Land Campaign Director Holly Rippon-Butler talks with New York Times report

Organizing Podcast Series: Global Solidarity with Cooperativa Brújulas

Dec 15th, 2021 1h 27m

In this episode of the Organizing Podcast Series we hear an interview with language justice advocates, Millo and Bruje of Cooperativa Brújulas, about expanding our perspectives and diving in to global solidarity in our work. We also hear from C

Getting on the Land with the Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition

Dec 13th, 2021 19m 44s

Today we're coming to you with a special episode from our Hoosier Young Farmers Chapter. The Hoosier chapter just released their own podcast series which shares the voices of farmers from across the state, farmers you might not think of when yo

Organizing Series: Marla Larrave talks about the HEAL Food Alliance School of Political Leadership

Oct 12th, 2021 39m 43s

Marla Larrave, Political Education Director at HEAL Food Alliance, joins us to talk about HEAL’s School of Political Leadership (SoPL) and how to turn your big dreams into tangible plans for actionable change. Then we hear from Congressional gu

Organizing Series: Barbara James Norman on connecting community, resources, and advocacy

Oct 12th, 2021 42m 42s

Barbara James Norman, a blueberry farmer and lifelong advocate for Midwestern farmers of color, talks with Young Farmers Grassroots Manager Faith Shaeffer about her decades of organizing her community in Covert, Michigan and the greater Midwest

Organizing Series: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Fair Food Program on organizing for accountability

Oct 12th, 2021 1h 19m

Gerardo Reyes Chávez from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), and Tiffany Goetzinger from the Fair Food Program join us to talk about their three decade campaign fighting for worker protections for farm workers on tomato farms in Florida

Organizing Series: Yvonne Sandoval, Dare Arowe, and Abiodun Henderson on their Black and Brown Indigenous Alliance Gathering

Oct 12th, 2021 44m 33s

Yvonne Sandoval, Dare Arowe, and Abiodun Henderson met in a virtual breakout room at the 2020 Young Farmers’ National Leadership Convergence and connected over their experiences as Black and Indigenous women. Wanting to dive deeper into questio

What does it mean to be accountable?

Jun 22nd, 2021 27m 34s

Jessica Manly talks with Equity and Organizational Change Director and Accountability Report author Michelle A. T. Hughes about what it means for the National Young Farmers Coalition to be accountable to its farmers, partners, and its racial eq

WAYFC Takeover Finale: Ariana de Leña on Tools for Dealing with Farmer Stress and Anxiety

Feb 1st, 2021 17m 23s

Ari de Leña is a farmer at Kamayan Farm is a vegetable, flower, medicinal herb, and education farm just east of Seattle on Snoqualmie People’s land. In this conversation we dive into what it looks like to deal with stress and anxiety while bein

WAYFC Takeover 6: Ariana de Leña on Farmer Stress and Anxiety (Part 1)

Jan 22nd, 2021 42m 37s

WAYFC Takeover 5: Vero Vergara of Sweet Hollow Farm

Jan 13th, 2021 49m 57s

Vero Vergara is a nonbinary, disabled, brown, queer farmer and food systems cultural worker based on Coast Salish territories. Vero is a founding worker-owner of Sweet Hollow Farm in Woodinville, WA. They work at the intersection of autonomous

Food Safety Part 2: Lean and Clean with Ellen Polishuk

Dec 22nd, 2020 32m 2s

In part 2 of our produce safety series, Young Farmers' Produce Safety Manager, Maggie Kaiser, talks with Ellen Polishuk about integrating Lean Farming principles into your farm's food safety plan. Visit youngfarmers.org/foodsafety for our onlin

Food Safety Part 1: Scaling Up with Scott Chang-Fleeman

Dec 17th, 2020 33m 21s

This week and next we'll be talking about an often overlooked, and sometimes daunting, part of farming: *food safety*! Part 1 is a conversation with Scott Chang-Fleeman, owner of Shao Shan Farm in Marin County, who grows Asian heritage vegetabl

WAYFC Takeover 4: Miles Griffin and Amanda Doughty on Farmer Mental Health

Nov 17th, 2020 37m 56s

Miles Griffin and Amanda Doughty currently live on 20 acres in Twisp, Washington. Amanda is alicensed therapist, who works off the farm full-time but loves a good Saturday weeding session. Miles is the owner and operator of Posterity Farm, prod

WAYFC Takeover 3: Nyema Clark of Nurturing Roots

Sep 16th, 2020 37m 22s

Nyema Clark is the Executive Director and Farm Queen at Nurturing Roots, a farm and community garden committed to addressing food justice issues in the Beacon Hill Neighborhood in Seattle. Nyema dives into their grow-your-own program Nurturing

WAYFC Takeover 2: Tracy Stewart of Gathering Roots

Sep 4th, 2020 38m 27s

The Washington Young Farmers Coalition (WAYFC) takes over the Young Farmers Podcast to talk about resilience and community building in the time of COVID-19. Become a member of the National Young Farmers Coalition at younfarmers.org/join and sig

WAYFC Takeover 1: John Wesley and the Seattle BIPOC Organic Food Bank

Aug 25th, 2020 27m 18s

John Wesley is a curator, cultural ambassador, and community organizer. He is passionate about designing and producing experiences that connect diverse cultures and cultivate joy. JW is the founder and director of Seattle Bipoc Organic Food Ban

Looking Back on a Decade of Young Farmers

Jun 20th, 2019 35m 30s

We turn the mic on Lindsey this week for the finale episode of our first season of the Young Farmers Podcast. The National Young Farmers Coalition's Sophie Ackoff, VP of Policy and Campaigns, and Holly Rippon-Butler, Land Access Program Directo

Hemp, CBD, and the U.S. Green Rush

Jun 11th, 2019 20m 11s

Today we dive into the heady world of industrial hemp. Hemp is no longer just for Canadian cereal companies and scratchy beige t-shirts. This low-THC strain of cannabis, think of it as the well behaved fraternal twin to marijuana, is, as of the

Karen Washington on NYC Food Security and Lifting Up a New Generation of Black and Brown Farmers

May 29th, 2019 35m 3s

Karen Washington is one of the most influential food and farming activists of our time. From starting the Garden of Happiness in the Bronx, Black Urban Growers, and now Rise and Root Farm, Karen is modeling a new food system based on equity, so

Who Owns U.S. Farmland?

May 21st, 2019 19m 8s

The biggest problem faced by farmers across the country is access to land. Who owns it, who rents it—it all has a big impact on the kind of food we grow and who has economic opportunity in rural communities.Young Farmers' Land Access Program D