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Movement Matters with Colin KirtsSeason 4 Ep. 24 | Vote OHanlon On November 2ndConnor OHanlon is a candidate for Tax Collector in Doylestown Township and currently serves as the Chairman of the Democratic Committee. Connor works as an Auditor in the field of public accounting and primarily specializes in audits of SEC companies in the online gaming and casino industry. He is a graduate from Penn State University as well as an alumni of the Central Bucks School District. Connor believes that electing a fresh generation of leadership will encourage more young people to return to their roots to give back to their communities here in Bucks County. Connor is also a strength...2021-10-152h 42
Young Farmers PodcastLooking Back on a Decade of Young FarmersWe turn the mic on Lindsey this week for the finale episode of our first season of the Young Farmers Podcast. The National Young Farmers Coalition's Sophie Ackoff, VP of Policy and Campaigns, and Holly Rippon-Butler, Land Access Program Director, join Lindsey in the studio to talk about the early years of the Coalition, big wins, favorite memories, and what's next.
National Young Farmers Coalition website
www.youngfarmers.org
Become a member of the National Young Farmers Coalition
youngfarmers.org/join
Farm Generations Cooperative
https://www.farmgenerations.coop/
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Young Farmers Podcast"Growing Pennsylvania's Future" with Karen Gardner"We need to understand the challenges young farmers are facing regionally in order to create solutions." Lindsey checks in with Karen Gardner, National Young Farmers Coalition's Pennsylvania Policy Associate, about what she's hearing from beginning farmers in PA, and the upcoming Pennsylvania Young Farmers Report, "Growing Pennsylvania’s Future: Challenges Facing Young Farmers and Recommendations to Address Them." Join the #morefarmers movement at youngfarmes.org/join. The Pennsylvania Young Farmers Report hits the internet later this month!
Become a member and join the #morefarmers movement at youngfarmers.org/morefarmers
Recorded at the studios of Radio Ki...2019-05-0928 min
Young Farmers PodcastKate Greenberg: Young Farmer Becomes Colorado's Commissioner of AgricultureLindsey talks with Kate Greenberg, Colorado's new Commissioner of Agriculture, and former Western Program Director with the National Young Farmers Coalition. Lindsey and Kate check in about what it's been like to be the youngest person, and first woman, to hold this role in Colorado, as well as Colorado's plans to address climate change, land access barriers, and to support its next generation of farmers and ranchers.Kate's advice to young people looking to move into roles of leadership in food and agriculture? "Just do it." Surround yourself with people that love and support you, and don't...2019-04-3020 min
Young Farmers PodcastCensus Results Are In: We Need #MOREFARMERSLast 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...2019-04-1615 min
Young Farmers PodcastFarm Bill Politics 7: We Have a Deal! Listener Q&A and Young Farmer Wins with Andrew BahrenburgAfter months of waiting, we have a farm bill! Just before 10pm on December 10th, the 2018 Farm Bill dropped. The next day, the Senate passed it through in a landslide, and on Wednesday, the House followed suit. Andrew Bahrenburg, NYFC's National Policy Director, fields some listener questions about what it all means for young farmers and the future of ag. Lindsey is joined in the studio with podcast editor Hannah Beal and NYFC's Communications Director, Jessica Manly.
For NYFC's detailed analysis on young farmer wins in the bill: https://www.youngfarmers.org/2018/12/farmbillforthefuture/
Please rate...2018-12-1427 min
Young Farmers PodcastWelcome to the Young Farmers Podcast!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...2018-10-1801 min
Young Farmers PodcastHow did so many pigs end up in a floodplain?Hurricane Florence has been a disaster on many levels, leaving economic, social, and environmental destruction in its path across the Carolinas. In North Carolina, a locus of global pork production, continued flooding has also led to a livestock death toll in the millions. This week, Lindsey interviews Tom Philpott, former farmer, and current food and ag correspondent for Mother Jones, about the complex future of confinement meat production in the U.S., and the clean up poultry and hog producers face in the storm’s aftermath.
Mother Jones:
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/09/2-weeks-after-florence-we-still-dont-know-how-toxic-carolina-waterways-are/
Th...2018-10-0531 min
Young Farmers PodcastFacing Disaster, Head-OnHurricane Florence has caused an estimated $1 billion in damages to farms in the Carolinas, and the destruction continues. Lindsey interviews Davon Goodwin, a North Carolina farmer and manager of the Sandhills AGInnovation Center, to find out what it looks like on the ground, how farmers are trying to recover from the losses, and what can be done to build resilience to natural disasters in the future.
AND, the farm bill expires September 30th. Ryan McCrimmon of Politico's Morning Agriculture gives us the rundown on what to expect by, and after, the deadline.
Politico Morning Agriculture:2018-09-2835 min
Young Farmers PodcastClimate and the Future of Farming with Dr. Nathan MuellerCan farmers save the planet?
We all know that the weather impacts agriculture, but farmers are also changing the weather. Dr. Nathan Mueller, head of the Mueller Lab and Assistant Professor of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine, walks us through cutting edge research on the complex and interesting relationship between agriculture and climate, and some of the powerful ways farmers can steer global environmental change.
The Mueller Lab:
https://www.ess.uci.edu/~nmueller/people.html
Climate Change and Agriculture:
https://www.ess.uci.edu/~nmueller/research...2018-09-2335 min
Young Farmers PodcastFarm Bill Politics 4: Down to the WireAs the September 30th farm bill expiration date looms, Lindsey checks back in for a status update with NYFC's National Policy Director, Andrew Bahrenburg. What do the "Fab Four" have to do with farm bill conference negotiations? Will Congress pass a final farm bill in time? And what will happen to the programs young farmers rely on if they don't?
Take action, and tell your Representatives that we need a #farmbillnow. Text "FARM" to 40649 today.
For more about the farm bill programs young farmers rely on:
https://www.youngfarmers.org/2018/09/beginning-farmer-and-rancher-training-programs-in-danger-of-farm-bill-cuts/
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Young Farmers Podcast"Water is Scarce, Water is Rare""If we don't start doing things differently, there won't be agriculture to pass down."
Climate change is a hot-button political issue, but in the Western U.S., no one can deny that the drought and above average temperatures are real. Mike Nolan, a young farmer in Mancos, Colorado, gives an insider perspective on farming in extreme weather conditions, building resilience, and shares how an innovative conservation policy idea that started over beers and ended up in the Senate farm bill.
What is the path forward for farmers in the arid West?
Mountain Roots...2018-09-0736 min
Young Farmers PodcastOG Weather NerdsIt's hard to imagine anyone thinking more about the weather than farmers, but then again, there's Chief Meteorologist Mark Brusberg of USDA’s agricultural weather and assessments group. This week, Lindsey talks with Mark about the ways that drought, extreme weather, and the changing climate are impacting farmers and agricultural production globally and here at home. Mark also talks about "the blob," building farm weather resilience, and how farmers can keep track of it all.
Mark Brusberg
https://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/2018/bios/Mark_Brusberg.pdf
US Drought Monitor
https://droughtmonitor.unl.ed...2018-08-3123 min
Young Farmers PodcastAn Extraordinarily Difficult, Uphill Battle.Commodity farmers across the nation are struggling under the weight of low prices and tariffs, resulting in bankruptcies and crisis in farm country. In this second conversation with Roger Johnson, farmer and president of the National Farmers Union, we talk about how putting controls on production may be the toughest and most important battle for the future of agriculture.
Episode Transcript
Lindsey: Hey, this is the Young Farmers Podcast. I’m Lindsey Lusher Shute.
In our last episode, Roger Johnson, President of the National Farmers Union, walked us through how US commodity producers fa...2018-08-2430 min
Young Farmers PodcastTrade Wars Aren't CoolPresident Trump's trade war is sending U.S. agricultural markets into shock. Roger Johnson, farmer and president of the National Farmers Union, talks us through the situation on farms, the $12 billion bailout, and what it all means for the future of U.S. agriculture.
Episode Transcript
Hey, this is the Young Farmers Podcast. I’m Lindsey Lusher Shute.
Okay, let me tell you about this trade war. On March 8th, President Donald Trump put tariffs on steel and aluminum from all countries except Canada and Mexico. In response, on April 2nd, Chine put ta...2018-08-1732 min