Sentences with phrase «national young farmers»

USA About Blog The National Young Farmers Coalition supports practices and policies that will sustain young, independent and prosperous farmers now and in the future.

Guy Kilpatric, educational farm manager at the University of Maryland's Terp Farm, will be speaking at the Washington D.C. Food Tank Summit, titled «Cultivating the Next Generation of Young Food Leaders,» in partnership with The George Washington University, The World Resources Institute, the National Farmers Union, the National FFA Organization, and the National Young Farmers Coalition on February 28, 2018.

Meredith Epstein, an expert agricultural educator, will be speaking at the Washington D.C. Food Tank Summit titled, «Cultivating the Next Generation of Young Food Leaders,» held in partnership with The George Washington University, The World Resources Institute, the National Farmers Union, the National FFA Organization, and the National Young Farmers Coalition on February 28, 2018.

National Young Farmers Coalition Executive Director and Co-Founder Lindsey Lusher Shute — «More than 70 percent of our farms are going to change hands in the next 20 years.

In 2011, the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) conducted a survey of 1,000 young farmers and found that 78 percent of respondents struggled with a lack of capital.

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From National Young Farmers Coalition In 2011, President Obama signed into law the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-- mandating the first overhaul to U.S. food safety laws since 1938.

She co - founded the Pomona Organic Farm and founded UC Berkeley's Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology and is a proud co-founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition.

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And growing young farmers is a critical national need, as the USDA reports the average age of farmers in the United States is nearly 60.