Young Farmers Podcast

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Taylor in Farming Resources, Internet Resources, Policy, Politics, Publications, Young Farmers // 0 Comments

Check out the Young Farmers Podcast from the National Young Farmers Coalition!

We just wanted to share the Young Farmers Podcast with you, in case you haven’t already been listening in. It’s a great source for ag, food system, and policy news, and direct perspectives from young farmer leaders across the country.

Lindsey Lusher Shute, executive director of the National Young Farmers Coalition, provides a fresh, farmer-centric take on food and farm policy. Recent shows have featured Sec. Tom Vilsack on the shutdown, climate scientist Nathan Mueller, and Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm and author of “Farming While Black.”

Check out the Young Farmers Podcast and let us know what you think in the reviews (and subscribe)! Available on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you like to get your pods. https://youngfarmers.simplecast.fm/

Recent Episodes of the Young Farmers Podcast

Census Results Are In: We Need #MOREFARMERS – APRIL 16TH, 2019 | E38

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 t…

What Could the Green New Deal Mean for the Future of Ag? – APRIL 12TH, 2019 | E37

What would the Green New Deal mean for the future of agriculture, and how can it support the food and farm justice movement in this country? Lindsey Lusher Shute interviews Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of Food First, wh…

Rep. Antonio Delgado @ Radio Kingston – APRIL 3RD, 2019 | E36

Lindsey is joined in the studio at Radio Kingston by freshman Congressman Antonio Delgado (NY-19) to talk about his hotly contested race for office, representing the needs of beginning farmers in DC, and how he’s trying to reach…

POTUS vs. WOTUS: What Side of the Clean Water Debate Should Farmers Be On? – MARCH 26TH, 2019 | E35

Passed in 1972, the Clean Water Act (CWA) is one of the most progressive, influential environmental policies in U.S. history. The CWA is charged with keeping U.S. waters “fishable and swimmable,” and protected from pollution. Re…