Young farmers need equitable land access.
Access to land is the number one challenge facing the new generation of farmers in the United States, and centuries of discrimination and dispossession have put this resource out of reach for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) farmers in particular. Nearly half of U.S. farmland is expected to change hands in the next two decades—now is the time to ensure this land stays in agriculture and transitions equitably to young farmers and ranchers.
Young Farmer Voices
Mari Wassnik Hunt
upcoming YF Voices story
Tessa Parks
Young Minnesota farmers struggle to secure land access
Martice Scales
Farmer Op-Ed: Feeding the inner city requires land.
Ara and Jim Holmes
Land access challenges cause Texas farming couple to rebuild their farm three times
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How we support climate resilience for young farmers and ranchers.
Young Farmers works to draft legislation known as “marker bills.” These are smaller, proposed bills that we work on with Members of Congress in the hopes that they make it into larger pieces of legislation like the Farm Bill.