The risks and rewards facing young farmers
Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast
English - August 11, 2020 04:16 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 80 ratingsEducation Science Natural Sciences agriculture climatechange farmers farming food ranchers ranching regenerative scientists sustainable Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Vanessa García Polanco is from a farming family that emigrated to the US when she was a teenager. Now she works with the National Young Farmers Coalition advocating for policies that help young farmers, new farmers, and farmers of color--who are often ignored, as infrastructures tend to serve larger commodity producers--especially during the global pandemic.