The Farm Bill, Challenges Facing Farmers, Farming x Social Justice, and more with Vanessa Garcia Polanco, Policy Campaigns Co-Director at National Young Farmers Coalition

Episode description

It’s the year of the farm bill i.e. the year that it expires [it needs to be renewed and brought back to the table every five years. It’s a bill that is both complicated yet considerably bipartisan and we’d tell you what it does and for who, but that would ruin the plot of the episode wouldn’t it? In this episode and interview, we walked through the farm bill and its future with Vanessa Garcia Polanco, Policy Campaigns Co-Director at National Young Farmers Coalition. We also got into the current state of agriculture in the US and the barriers that farmers face, especially farmers of color. In this conversation, we also tackle the intersection of social justice and agricultural policy, and what the roadmap looks like for creating a level playing field for farmers in the next five years and beyond.

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