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Census Results Are In: We Need #MOREFARMERS

Census Results Are In: We Need #MOREFARMERS

FromYoung Farmers Podcast


Census Results Are In: We Need #MOREFARMERS

FromYoung Farmers Podcast

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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Apr 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Last week, the USDA's NASS released the results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture, the first count in over five years of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who run them. What do we know now about the state of agriculture in this country? Lindsey talks with Erin Foster West, Young Farmers' federal policy director, about the rise in female farmers, decrease in farmers of color, and what the 6.4 million data points mean for the future of farming.
The 2017 Census of Agriculture: https://www.nass.usda.gov/
Young Farmers Census press release: https://www.youngfarmers.org/2019/04/census2017/
Released:
Apr 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (64)

The internet is flooded with food photos, recipes and diet advice, partisan news, and farmer-inspired fashion, but who is listening to the farmers themselves? Farmers grow your food and manage nearly half of all land on Earth. It's time to pay attention to the policies, programs, and events that are shaping the future of agriculture. Our host, Lindsey Lusher Shute, co-founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition, provides a fresh, farmer-centric take on food and farm policy. We talk with policy makers, experts and advocates, and, of course, farmers, about the most critical issues facing farming in the U.S. and globally. Edited by Hannah Beal and recorded at Radio Kingston.