The Farm Report

One Million Acres for the Future


Listen Later

America’s farmers are aging rapidly, and those looking to sell their land are finding no shortage of buyers. Billionaires, global corporations, investment firms, and developers are all buying up farmland for profit at a quick clip, driving up prices and making it nearly impossible for young and beginning farmers without accumulated wealth to afford their own acreage to plant and harvest. “Farmers Need Equitable Access to Land Now” is the message behind the National Young Farmers Coalition’s One Million Acres for the Future Campaign. In this episode, NYFC Land Campaign Director Holly Rippon-Butler talks to host Lisa Held about the factors driving land access challenges, historic and ongoing injustices that make accessing land even more difficult for BIPOC farmers, and the long-term policy solutions NYFC is pushing for.

Photo Courtesy of National Young Farmers Coalition.

Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Farm Report by becoming a member!

The Farm Report is Powered by Simplecast.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Farm ReportBy Heritage Radio Network

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

54 ratings


More shows like The Farm Report

View all
Cutting the Curd by Heritage Radio Network

Cutting the Curd

67 Listeners

A Taste of the Past by Heritage Radio Network

A Taste of the Past

404 Listeners

Beer Sessions Radio (TM) by Heritage Radio Network

Beer Sessions Radio (TM)

30 Listeners

Cooking Issues by Heritage Radio Network

Cooking Issues

407 Listeners

The Speakeasy by Heritage Radio Network

The Speakeasy

192 Listeners

Radio Cherry Bombe by The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network

Radio Cherry Bombe

568 Listeners

Japan Eats! by Heritage Radio Network

Japan Eats!

69 Listeners

The Grape Nation by Heritage Radio Network

The Grape Nation

122 Listeners

Modernist BreadCrumbs by Heritage Radio Network

Modernist BreadCrumbs

87 Listeners

Inside Julia's Kitchen by Heritage Radio Network

Inside Julia's Kitchen

94 Listeners