The history – and present experience – of Black farmers and black land loss has perhaps never had more of a spotlight than it has over the last year. That’s for good reason and bad. Early in 2021, the ...

America’s farmers have faced a year unlike any other, with a roller coaster of changing tariff and trade policies along with drastic cuts to federal funding and programs. These factors, along with the ...

The National Young Farmers Coalition shifts power and changes policy to equitably resource our new generation of working farmers. Our coalition was founded in the Hudson Valley, NY, in 2010 when three ...

The change of presidential administration is poised to have a big impact on farmers and our food system. The Biden Administration had several clear priorities: to increase equity in our food system, ...

What’s going on with Congress’s budget bill? Last month, House Republicans passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a budget bill which slashes essential programs for millions of Americans in order to ...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are plants, animals or microorganisms whose genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. GMO technology can introduce individual ...

In 1934, some 5.2 million dairy farms dotted America’s countryside. Since that peak, a noticeable decline has ensued: between 1997 and 2017, the U.S. lost half of its 72,000 remaining dairies and ...

Farm Aid 2026 brought together musical legends, fans, farmers and farm activists to Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on September 26, 2026. Against a backdrop of ...

Farm Aid supports the Fair Credit for Farmers Act, which was developed by our partners Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI) and the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) with Senator ...

Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews to headline Farm Aid 2020 On the Road alongside family farmers from across the country CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Farm Aid announced today that the ...

New Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), who is also a new member of the Senate Ag Committee, introduced the Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act yesterday, which was co-sponsored by Senator ...

Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff will headline event to spotlight family farmers VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Farm Aid announced that its annual ...