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The Changing Face of American Agriculture

By American Farmland Trust | Published: January 17, 2012

How will the  graying of the farm population impact the future of agriculture? The shift in age of farm owners and operators was the  topic of a recent radio news story from California’s KQED.  In the Golden State, nearly 20 percent of farmers are older than 70 years old. Explains Craig McNamara, president of the [...]

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    “We need to basically bring ourselves together, converge our thoughts, our minds, our resources, in terms of where we want to be with agriculture in this country utilizing the tools that a federal government might bring together — to start really very seriously preparing ourselves for an exciting process that is ultimately a plan for the agricultural future of this country.” — AG Kawamura, former California Secretary of Agriculture and co-chair of Solutions From the Land