Solutions developed by and for women farmers can help break the cycle of poverty and food insecurity.
Cultivating Resilient Farms and Communities: How Practical Farmers of Iowa Is Diversifying the Agricultural Landscape
Practical Farmers of Iowa is working to build resilient farms and communities by diversifying the state’s agriculture landscape.
Facilitating Equitable Farmland Access
Individuals and communities are working to transform relationships to land and address systemic barriers to farmland access and management.
What Will Be the Legacy of Today’s Young Farmer Advocates?
Young farmer are advocating for changes that will allow them to develop resilient regional food systems that benefit people and the land.
New Survey Finds Young Farmers Are Motivated by Environmental Conservation and Social Justice
Despite facing systemic challenges, young farmers are pushing to steward the land responsibly.
A ‘Game Changer’ Law May Help Black Farmers Secure Threatened Land Legacies
Resolving heirs’ property could help families generate value and address the U.S. racial wealth gap.
27 Inspiring Women Reshaping the Food System
In honor of International Women’s Day, Food Tank is celebrating 27 Inspiring women working to close the gender gap in the food system.
Seven Ways to Fight for Food Justice
In honor of World Justice Day, Food Tank is celebrating different ways to support food justice efforts around the world and the organizations committed to this work.
Providing Legal Aid for Farmers
Seventeen percent of current farmers struggle with land access. Twenty percent of past farmers left the field due to this burden. The recently released Farmland Access Legal Toolkit hopes to help.
Meredith Epstein is Transforming Agricultural Education
Meredith Epstein, the head of the University of Maryland’s Sustainable Agriculture program, shares the importance of teaching new farmers, the challenges that new farmers face, and strategies to inspire the next generation of sustainable farmers.
