Farm Answers

Margaret DeVos of Southside Community Land Trust shares about her group's engagement with immigrant farmers and partnership with Brown University.

southsideclt.org [website]

@SouthsideCommunityLandTrust [Facebook]

@southsideclt [Instagram]

@southsideclt [Twitter]

Michael Carter Jr. of Carter Farms discusses African-American farmers' challenges and how his group helps beginning farmers be profitable.

thecarterfarms.com [website]

@carterspecialtyfarm [Facebook]

@carterfarmsva [Facebook]

@carterfarmsva [Instagram]

Natalie Hughes of Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming shares about her group’s farm incubator and land access programs.

groundswellcenter.org [website]

@groundswellcenter [Facebook]

@groundswellcenter [Instagram]

@GroundswellCenter [YouTube]

Lucy Spence of RISE discusses how her program in upstate New York helps immigrants and refugees begin farming in the US.

refugeeandimmigrant.org [website]

@refugeeandimmigrant [Facebook]

@syracuserise [Twitter]

@refugee-and-immigrant-self-empowerment-rise [LinkedIn]

@RISE2077 [YouTube]

Robin Hackett of OEFFA discusses his group’s resources for beginning farmers, including mentorship and a phone line to provide technical assistance.

Progress Report [Farm Answers]

www.oeffa.org [website]

@OhioEcologicalFoodandFarmAssociation [Facebook]

@ohioecological [Instagram]

@OEFFA [Twitter]

@OEFFAEducation [YouTube]

Margaret Morgan-Hubbard of Eco City Farms shares how her group educates and trains the next generation of urban farmers who provide access to fresh food for people living in food deserts.

Progress Report [Farm Answers]

ecoffshoots.org [website]

@ECOCityFarms [Facebook]

@ECOCityFarms [Instagram]

Erin Karney of Colorado Cattlemen’s Association talks about CCA's Ranching Legacy Program and program delivery challenges during Covid-19.

Colorado Cattlemen’s Association [website]

@ColoradoCattlemensAssociation [Facebook]

@ColoradoCattlemen [Instagram]

Colorado Cattlemen [YouTube]

Matte Wilson of Siċaŋġu Co joins host Betty Berning to talk about his group’s efforts to promote food sovereignty on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, an area twice the size of Rhode Island with only three grocery stores. Siċaŋġu trains people to grow their food and access fresh produce. The group is embracing its old traditions of regenerative agriculture to promote food production and independence while also creating new traditions.

Sicangu Co [website]

@sicangu.co [Facebook]

@sicangu.co [Instagram]

Betty Berning interviews Robert Elliott of the Veteran’s Farm of North Carolina, a 501(c)3 organization that provides training, support, and equipment to beginning veteran farmers. Robert shares about the training opportunities available to veterans interested in starting a farm, along with his group’s unique equipment usage program that allows farmers to borrow a piece of equipment, similar to how one would check out a book from the library. He also talks about the realities and challenges of farming, including the importance of understanding one’s market before growing a crop or creating a product so that a farm can profit and succeed. He underscores the importance of family support in successful farming operations.

The Veteran's Farm of North Carolina [website]

@VetFarmOfNC [Facebook]

Host Betty Berning talks with Maile Auterson of Springfield Community Gardens about their work to address the needs and enhance the success of young, beginning, and disadvantaged farmers in rural and urban areas of Greene County, MO.

Reducing Barriers for Disadvantaged and Beginning Farmers in Greene County Missouri [Progress Report on Farm Answers]

Springfield Community Gardens [website]

@SpringfieldCommunityGardens [Facebook]

@springfieldcommunitygardens [Instagram]

Springfield Community Gardens [YouTube]