Zoe Bradbury’s Posts

• We young farmers, all over the world, we are citizens

  The key political, economic, and cultural needs of young farmers 12

  Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

  This is a guest post by Severine von Tscharner Fleming, 27, director of The Greenhorns and farmer/activist in the Hudson Valley of New York, and Zoë Ida Bradbury, 29, Oregon farmer and Food & Society Policy Fellow.

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  Coast to coast, though there are thousands inspired to dig in and grow food, but it is currently only a dauntless few who manage to gain access to the land, capital, market-savvy, and technical skills that are essential to "make it" as a farmer. Those few are brave, strong, and delightful advocates of the purposeful life, but it will take more… Read More

• No farmers? No food

  Much depends on finding a new generation to put dinner on the table 10

  Posted 1 year, 5 months ago

  Every time I come in from my farm fields and tune into the news these days, the headline is about food: food prices, food scares, food shortages, food riots. Food has America's attention these days, but folks are overlooking a critical piece of the brewing crisis: a national shortage of farmers.

  We farmers make up a mere 1.6 percent of the U.S. population right now. Picture an inverted pyramid balanced precariously on its nose: that's our national food supply, with about 3 million of us feeding three hundred million of you. In food terms, our nation resembles an elephant perched… Read More

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