Young Farmers Podcast

Young Farmers Podcast


Latest Episodes

The Farm Report: A Farm Bill for the Next Generation TRAILER
January 17, 2024

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

Making it Work for Young Farmers: 2023 Farm Bill Part 1
April 27, 2023

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 righ

Young Farmers Are Losing Land to Wealthy Buyers
August 23, 2022

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 Ri

Organizing Podcast Series: Global Solidarity with Cooperativa Brújulas
December 15, 2021

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

Getting on the Land with the Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition
December 13, 2021

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 s

Organizing Series: Marla Larrave talks about the HEAL Food Alliance School of Political Leadership
October 12, 2021

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 actionabl

Organizing Series: Barbara James Norman on connecting community, resources, and advocacy
October 12, 2021

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

Organizing Series: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Fair Food Program on organizing for accountability
October 12, 2021

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

Organizing Series: Yvonne Sandoval, Dare Arowe, and Abiodun Henderson on their Black and Brown Indigenous Alliance Gathering
October 12, 2021

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 Indigenou

What does it mean to be accountable?
June 22, 2021

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 equity commit