Comments on: Farmers Agree, Mr. Vilsack: Farm Bill Should Emphasize Beginning Farmers http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/beginning-farmer-response/ Supporting economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities Fri, 18 May 2012 14:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: patricia gadsby http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/beginning-farmer-response/#comment-30825 patricia gadsby Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:57:58 +0000 http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=6039#comment-30825 Anna Jones Crabtree has it exactly right. We need to attract a super-smart and practical new generation of farmers--nerd farmers (who understand soil microbiolgy) with dirt under their fingernails. And give them every possible means of encouragement -- access to land, affordable housing, affordable health care. Perhaps take a look at the Teach For America model.......Dig for America? Anna Jones Crabtree has it exactly right.
We need to attract a super-smart and practical new generation of farmers–nerd farmers (who understand soil microbiolgy) with dirt under their fingernails. And give them every possible means of encouragement — access to land, affordable housing, affordable health care.
Perhaps take a look at the Teach For America model…….Dig for America?

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