farmers are resilient. in the face of natural disaster, extreme weather events, fluctuating markets and now a global pandemic, resilience in the supply chain is critical and it starts at the farm level. small, big, conventional, organic, local, global this principle hold true across the board. without steward ship of our natural resources and building healthy and sustainable farms, local agricultural economies suffer. supply chains suffer. investing in conservation research and conservation programs is a win for all agriculture. research fund you through conservation innovation grants through nrcs are critical for the development of proven and farmer trusted practices and technologies that promote conservation and improve farm profitability and efishency. programs that offset costs to adopt these practices such as equip, and others are critical. my work through the district has allowed me to see firsthand the direct on-farm benefit of several of these programs. our supply chain should value the environmenta

farmers are resilient. in the face of natural disaster, extreme weather events, fluctuated markets and now a pandemic, resilience in the supply chain is critical and starts at the farm level. small, big, conventional, organic, local, global, this principle holds true across the board. without stewardship, supply chains suffer. investing in conservation research and on-farm conservation program it is a win for all of agriculture. research funding through usda, conservation innovation grants, nrcs, are all critical for the development of proven and farmer-trusted practices in technologies that promote conservation and improve farm profitability and efficiency. programs that offset costs to adopt these practices like rcpp are also critical. my work through the water conservation district allowed me to see firsthand the district, on-farm benefit of several of these programs. our supply chain should value the environmental benefits of farms that meaningfully implement conservation practices and directly reward f

farmers, confirming significant growth in these local agricultural markets farmers across the country are taking advantage of this growing demand through a variety of alternative business models and production practices, including direct to consumer marketing, farmers markets, communitied supported agriculture, community gardens and food hubs. in order to ensure the success of our farmers and producers as command for local markets increase it is vital to examine the impact of covid-19 on our supply chains and facilitate economic recovery. our witnesses today you which some of those farmers and producers who have seen firsthand the impact of covid-19 on small farmers, farms servicing local communities. i am grateful to hear their experiences which are crucial to advancing or work here today as we look forward to the next farm bill. without objection i would like to include an op ed that i wrote with the chicago council on global affairs which addresses the need for investment in agricultural research and infrastructure as well as agricultural innovation to the record. agricultural rese

some farmers don't like it. the majority of the farmers agree with that plan. secondly, the pollution falling down with issues is one. innovation. there is a great farm in the netherlands that have a wonderful plan of a mission, some of them will be stopped and there is an opportunity to go from one place to another place. it is a way to continue to make a step forward. anchor: what about individual responsibility? we are talking about the livestock sector being a large pollutants, what if people were just encouraged to eat less meat or dairy? could that be effective here? >> both need to happen, but the netherlands exports almost two thirds of all the meat and dairy that we produce, and our country is left with the manure and consequences for nature and climate. it has to happen hand in hand, but if we look at the biggest problem, the production side, at the same time dutch people need to reduce their consumption of meat and dairy. if you look at marketing, it has to happen at the same time and fast. anchor: i can see you want to jump in. >> let me say this. w

these farmers. it was incredible the adjustment we had to make during the pandemic. >> to your first question, we no oulonger use farmers almanac, it is more work. [laughter] word-of-mouth for seasoned farmers in the area. we don't even have a current paper copy anywhere at home. [laughter] and you are correct, other witnesses here today talk about programs that i've never heard of in my life before and we have been at this 15 years so getting word out but these programs are available, these opportunities are available is a struggle. i don't know if that is starting with youth loans reaching out to high school agricultural classes to show the there the opportunities there, reaching out to kids and ffa at the programs are available for young farmers. again, someone in the county in the local office going out and stopping at farms that they know are producing produce or livestock or whatever is in the region from you aware? here's a handout of what's available in your local area but there is no knowle

the farmers say it's because of climate change. the n g o has helped them to set up their own cooperative and develop a seed bank, which now has more than 60 varieties of beam in stock during the planting season. our farmers have an opportunity to assist you from here. the the if come if the farmer he or she takes you one kilogram. he has to to have this t he or she has to pay back now twice as mice. the national feed bank of uganda provided the initial investment of c. scientists made them available to the n g o on the researchers have given the farmers improved. see the beam varieties the cross breeding to create these new strands can take several years. a scientist gloria aquino, explains so we find means weekend. z means we can cause him means maybe that our region, selenium, read us, can access those materials and improve on them in terms of yield or disease management or even nutrition. so those traditional varieties hold a lot of traits and genetic diversity that we need for for breeding. the national seed bank estimates tha

how, how is that being received from farmers and how costly is it for farmers to reduce emissions on their existing farms? yeah, let me say, let me give you a clear answer. so form of those like it. but let me say the majority of the farmers are agreed with that plan. this one. secondly, what you said is how the pollution, let's say for that which these, these issues. if one innovation is very clear, and there are, let me say a great, great fall in the middle and it's late in my life. and they have a wonderful plan of emissions losing pollution in the stable good system. secondly, some of them will be stop, gone, their elder elder foreman, and 3rd one there are almost who have a lot of loose or nitrogen. then there is an opportunity to get a new one place to another place. and that's why our pharma sets ok, i'm not agree with all these things, but it is a way to continue and to go make a step forward, miss hilda, another res. i want to bring you back in. what about individual responsibility? i mean, we're talking about the livestock sector being a large producer and what if people ju

i know you want to see our farmers prosper. you want to see our farmers prosper. it appears that -- and of course, to prosper, our farmers need labor. and it appears that many of the people who are new to our country want to work as farm laborers. and that's a good thing. and i know there's shortages in that respect. and it seems to me that we ought to figure out a way to work together to achieve that end. the problem, as you know, is in our immigration policy. and normally, i ask questions, but i just want to spend a second telling you where i come from. i don't completely understand it. our border is not secure. it's less secure today than it was in december. if you go down there, you'll see that. i think we could secure it. americans have done extraordinary things. and we can take a diseased human heart and replace it with a new one and make it beat. we can send a person to the moon. i suspect we can secure the border. and it seems to me until we do or certainly get it more secure than it is now, that am necessity is not going to the pass in the senate. and her

farmer to grow the crop.ent legislation while may be well-intentioned not meaningfully address this problem. the house built proposed a few limited improvements to the program it also contains numerous provisions of action make the program even more expensive, more bureaucratic and impose huge new legal liabilities on farmers. the house bill would also legalize undocumented farmworkers, while there may be reasons to extend legal status to these workers, doing so will not alleviate the labor shortages on american farms. in fact is we sell the 1986 legalization, these workers will soon leave the farm in pursuit of other opportunities in the economy, leading to further farm related shortages. mr. chairman, hopefully this committee will have an opportunity to consider legislation that provides farmers with an h2h program that is, responsive and ensures american farms can be competitive in the international marketplace. must be simpler more efficient thank you again for the opportunity today. >> thank you. >> chai

the farmers say it's because of climate change. the n g o has helped them to set up their own cooperative and develop a seed bank. which now has more than 60 varieties of beam in stock using the planting season. our farmers have an opportunity to access from here the the, the if you for, from a he or she thinks one kilogram. he has to have to have this team. he or she has to be back twice as much. the national seed bank of uganda provided the initial investment of seeds. scientists made them available to the n g o. the researchers have given the farmers improved seeds of been varieties. the cross breeding to create these new strands can take several years. a scientist gloria aquino, explains so we'll find the beans, we can. we can caution these maybe that are we can finance. readers can access those materials and improve on them in terms of yield or disease management or even you trisha. so those traditional varieties hold a lot of traits and genetic diversity that we need for, for breeding. the national seed bank estimates that ev

farmers markets and farmers and vendors that sell at farmers markets across the great state of michigan honored to be with you today to represent our organization and to speak from a national perspective as well on how farmers markets are expanding healthy food access by accepting food assistance benefits. host: when it comes to the people who are in programs, how many frequent farmers markets are a source of produce versus a general grocery store? guest: great question. usda tries their best to keep it at on how many farmers markets there are across the country and how many are accessible to food assistance clients. around 8000 farmers markets across the u.s., nearly 40% of them except snap benefits. others may accept other forms. snap is the most common. around 3000, somewhere between 2800 and 3200 farmers markets across the u.s. are snap accessible. host: usda and others tell us about the breakdown when it comes to those markets that except those programs, 4000+ accepting, about 4000+ not accepting. how do you increase the ratio? what is being done to increase the ratio of the 50% th

the farmers say it's because of climate change. the n g o has helped them to set up their own cooperative and develop a seed bank. which now has more than 60 varieties of being in stock using the planting season. our farmers have an opportunity to accept heat from here. the the, the if you for, from a he or she thinks one kilogram. he has to have to have this t, he or she has to be paid back twice as much. the national seed bank of uganda provided the initial investment of seeds. scientists made them available to the n g o. the researchers have given the farmers improved seeds of been varieties. the cross breeding to create these new strands can take several years. a scientist gloria aquino, explains so we find means we can z means we can cause him means maybe that origin selenium read us, can access those materials and improve on them in terms of yield or disease management or even nutrition. so those traditional varieties hold a lot of traits in genetic diversity that we need for for breeding. the national feed bank estimates tha

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for many small farmers in developing countries. therefore, to something we're going to see a gradual worldwide to selection of small scale far like you to be an initial will get the increasingly, consumers and foam is of her testing. they learned 3 seeds, natural seeds that are not owned for the not agra, chemical corporations. in the sense of friends, resistance movement is gaining popularity. socio still cocoa clearly is situated in a remote fatty unknown, ga, ga, test, the nonprofit organization. the aim is to protect traditional plans and forgotten vegetable varieties. the seed collection includes over $2400.00 vegetable varieties from bays, cucumbers to orange with chart for 15 years. here we go for quite a range of color. it's amazing to, to the standardization of agriculture. species have fallen down a genetic funnels. most people, for example, who thinks with charles a green and white and rolling galaxy. but there's an incredible diversity of swift chance all of the colors of the rainbow that we don't c, normally i need to

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, but we don't pay the lowest possible price to farmers.this problem is not exactly new. the chocolate industry has been under fire for years. back in 2001, after the u.s. congress threatened legislation to address child labor in cocoa, eight of the biggest chocolate companies negotiated a voluntary agreement instead, pledging to eradicate the worst forms of child labor in cocoa by 2005. but that deadline, and others in 2008, 2010, and 2020, came and went. now they say they are committed to a new deadline: 2025. and if you look at the big chocolate company websites like mars, nestle and hershey, the issue is front and center. they talk about protecting children with big investments in local communities, working with families to get children back in school, and increasing child labor monitoring programs. but still, the number of child laborers in west africa has not changed much over the years. and as of today, still only about 25% of the cocoa supply chain is being monitored for child labor. >> the aim is to increase those programs. >> repo

most him up today know, farmer produces them anymore. the big companies do that from pl. dying tradition. yes, almost on orthodontia. the in this greenhouse, luke cultivates only the old farm varieties 100 percent. nature effectiveness sample about it seems a bit wild and chaotic because i only have a small area of land to work for it to make the most of the space from i squeeze the tomatoes in close together only working with soil and without chemical simple you known i don't use any 3rd party products at all in this greenhouse. i grow about 20 different varieties of tomatoes that what do they all have in common? so they know hybrid, you know, cross pollination but cosmo, i thought, but do these old varieties contain more nutrients for modern hybrids. we decide to analyze them. both these looks tomatoes and here is a similar looking hybrid from the supermarket. we sent both off on the same day to state laboratory to evaluate the ingredients was 3 weeks later the results are available in the case of the hybrid tomato, all 5 values they c

so farmers, it's worth it because they learn exactly what this soil needs. we hope and prevent the use of effective bennett. the latest preventing legion of some of the essence is what the bodies run off into whatever the course impulse machine says job. so software, what that fall and the mosse and i don't live in conditions since having his soil test. in fact, pharma joshua conlan really uses specializes any more before the analysis he found exclusively soybeans. but now that's changed probably in the 3 years ago when i started the sales testing with their and if i produce nice as they recommended to me and then my results doubled. i got 70 bucks more from my ass. i always got fund day food. and this has helped me to be able to acquire from tractor, which is helping my production. joshua com expanded from small to medium scale agriculture for dealing it to isn't quite there yet, but she's well on her way. and you to acknowledge it's can sometimes help the environment, therefore on healthier. so why shouldn't we use them? and this also applies to the energy

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the farmers say it's because of climate change. the n g o has helped them to set up their own cooperative and develop a seed bank. which now has more than 60 varieties of being in stock using the planting season. or farmers have an opportunity to access from here the, the, the if you for from a he or she thinks you one kilogram. he has to have to have this t, he or she has to be paid back twice as much. the national seed bank of uganda provided the initial investment of seeds. scientists made them available to the n g o. the researchers have given the farmers improved seeds of been varieties. the cross breeding to create these new strands can take several years. a scientist gloria aquino, explains so we'll find the beans leaking. z means we can cause them. these may be that origin selenium. read us can access those materials and improve on them in terms of yield or disease management or even you trisha. so those traditional varieties hold a lot of traits and genetic diversity that we need for, for breeding. the national seed bank e

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farmer marcus. >> pamela hess is director of arcadia farm and helped to create the farmer program, the goal is to give veterans an opportunity to earn a living in a new but surprisingly similar walk of life. >> they can work in all temperatures, they can carry theyreat at long-term planning. they are not freaked out by crisis. farmers and military folks have a similar mind-set when it comes to work. farming is a mission oriented business in the same way that a military mission is. you cannot stop at 5:00. you stop when the mission is done. >> we caught up with hess at arcadia's mobile market. which sells the farm's fresh produce and several unserved neighborhoods in washington, d.c., and neighborhoods don't have are grocery stores, people have a hard time getting their handsl, healthy food. >> government nutrition adapted here and the markets many regular customers say is the only place in the area with food this the fresh. >> you love kale. >> yes, and you wash it and cut it up and it headline holds. if you make your salad today and freshhe next be area over mere in the apartments who

small scale farmers organisation fed coca cola is now guatemala. the largest domestic coffee producers from insular won't produce a special emphasis on educating women. this is something that is not self evident in the traditional patriarchal society. rose mendez from the key chain people his own fair. they call cocoa as board of directors. that if you face when you're a woman, so you're places in the kitchen, so it's more credit you and you won't inherit anything either your husband will take care of your pork to muddy the phoenix in rosa mendez trained to be an executive at fed, coca cola as a co op member, she's entitled to financial assistance to get a book and also learn. we can get from critical kala, it's very helpful for us women to foreign photograph. because at present it's impossible to get one bank fully than those one course is impulsively up to now. and in her vintage rose r mendez encourages other women to amongst the pate themselves. missing elements. i must be important to find the most important message women in all day, even if w

for farmers and farmers of color. so would you like to comment on this, and what you see is the relationship between this concentration on the one hand, and then the challenges that small farmers, or sorry beginning farmers, especially farmers of color have breaking in? >> thank you senator smith. >> i think one of the big problems that we have in the feud system today that is very capital intensive, and it is very difficult for those without capital to figure out a way to participate and it doesn't have to be that way. we can do things that are less capital intensive, and a lot of folks have been talking about building processing plants and so on and i think that's pretty capital intensive so we have to figure out ways to help people who do not have access to capital to get a part of that. but one of the ways to do that i think is to, do you think cooperatively and to do things collectively. we have a long history in agriculture of where we cooperatively work together and we can't make a lot of changes so far beginni

every farmer who gets the siblings. sure to return. plastics correspond in put a number of siblings each 2. therefore, will make sure that all truck can deliver back to her 2nd plant. that is also of benefit because the plant pays us for the amount delivered in the end its progress for the environment. more business for the cooperative. and another milestone on the road to wonder become in one of the very mentally clean as countries in africa. yes. created many for new st from use materials. this is what a secular economy could look like in the future. now with that in mind, our young student from gemini wondered what could be done with a 1000000 a by chance, applauding that i no longer wanted. and at least for blue, jean, it seems to have found an answer. list of the piles and piles of used. last ends up in the trash that bothered dutch design student 10 funded lewis. so together with the charities and you know that miss you and he set up a used clothing depos textiles of sold for 2 to 4 years per kilo. it's also fun t

and farmers of color. cattle producers are not just dealing with market concentration and the power of the meatpackers, but also issues with land prices and hay prices and the general cost of living. the rising input costs make it especially hard for farm families that are just starting out because they don't have a lot of built-in equity. then on top of that you have the shortage of processing capacity and that becomes a real problem for beginning farmers and farmers of color. dr. hendrickson, would you like to comment on this and what you see as the relationship between this concentration and the challenges that beginning farmers and farmers of color have breaking in? >> thank you. i think one of the big problems we have in the food system today that it's very capital intensive. it is very difficult for those without capital to figure out a way to participate. it doesn't have to be that way. we can do things that are less capital intensive. i know a lot of folks have been talking about building processin

farmers in columbia are fighting for survival. what he has to quito says he can't do it alone . but if he and his neighbors can work together, they might be able to manage. okay. and what's that? sorry. we see the result of our bad treatment, the earth, the earth, which was given to us by god within i have grandchildren here and there still small, but what would they do in 15 years? if we don't do all we can now one on one side goes family wants to start planting, shade trees too. so that claris son hummus can continue his ancestors coffee. growing traditions in the spring of 2015, a see never witnessed before played out in the catholic style within just a few weeks, almost 90 percent of the antelope population perished. why these animals died more than anything? why so quickly and so many was a mystery to the range of research is there at the time. experts wondered if the psycho would ever recover from such devastation in 20161 year after the mass of a team of researchers returned to the next step. they wanted to find out how man

today the farmers engine. jodie cool, also taking part the method is simple. the feeds us that together with water sugar before dried is will be cheated, but added bacteria keep pass away. each scalp, the seed must be moist once dried, the luckily to seeds must be sewn as precise distances to one another. thanks to this method, the farmer's no longer have to use chemical pesticides. more than 500 farmers have been trained by the company so far. mohammad, the cheaper came up with the idea for the training sessions. he actually studied business, but soon switch track cultural philosophy. his team instruct the farmers and out to run the farms in more sustainable ways, such as by using the plan remains for compost or bio coal. the fibers of kin ask plants, for example, i especially well suited to enriching depleted soils for this order briquettes. and then we also have produced bio jar, which is very good soluble air, previous properties like fire water holding capacity and addition and also pollution sale that are contaminated with have you made me on like mccree

that was the result of a lawsuit filed by organic farmers, including full belly farm. that was back in march. >> so i want to ask this, because you mentioned it. much of the hydroponic organic produce is actually grown in mexico? >> yes, alan, all you have to do is go to the grocery store, you'll see a lot of produce you by is grown in mexico, including these tomatoes right here, organically grown tomatoes. they're not sure whether it's hydroponically grown or not. but in mexico, if the farmers are growing them hydroponically, they are not allowed to sell them as organic in that country, or in countries like canada, but they are allowed to ship that produce to the united states and grow them, and sell them, rather, as organic. >> interesting, different rules, different countries. kenny, thanks. great stuff. >>> is a look at your top headlines. for the first time since january, covid case rates are on the rise in all 50 states. they nearly tripled in just the past three weeks. a new cbs news poll shows a majority of americans are worried about the more contagious delta

small scale farmers organisation fed coca cola is now guatemala. the largest domestic coffee producer from insular cooperative is a special emphasis on educating women. this is something that is not self evident, and they, traditionally patriarchal society, rose mendez from the key chain people, his own, fed, a coca where the board of directors that if you face when you're a woman, so you're places in the kitchen. so it's more credit and you won't inherit anything either, because your husband will take care of your pork to muddy the phoenix. in rosa mendez trained to be an executive at fatty coca cola. as a co op member, she's entitled to financial assistance to increase the loan. we can get from critical kala, it's very helpful for us women to part on the left because at present it's impossible to get one bank valley than those bank course is impulsively of finance . and in her vintage rose mendez encourages other women to emancipate themselves. elements are much important to find the most important message, women in all day, even if we've never s

way the centers mean that it's heartbreaking for the farmers. once again, the years harvest is mediocre. at best coffee plans are sensitive. they need a mild climate between 18 and 21 degrees celsius. combined with moderate rainfall. when the earth warms the weather patterns here are less predictable. nobody, hardly, none of them were ruined. we're going under because we don't earn enough money to buy food. and we don't have enough to pay our kids wages. he was here at an altitude of 1300 meters, logos, coffee trees are dining after 3 unusually hot summers in a row. there is nothing left but barren branches. it makes you sad. and damn, don't you see how the plants are drawing up, even when they're watered, they don't survive. 7 years ago, the family took out alone in order to cultivate coffee. but because of the heat, not a single being grew, all they have to show for their effort is debt. these small holder farmers are struggling to survive. learning from the town of kim chia revolves around coffee. it's been that way for generations. the rough

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and farmers of color. so let me start with you. would you like to comment on this and what you see as the relationship between this concentration on one hand and then the channels that small farmers, excuse me, beginning farmers of color have breaking in? >> thank you, senator smith. i think one of the big problems we have in in the food system today that's very capital intensive and it's very difficult for those without capital to figure out a way to participate. it doesn't have to be that way. wick do things that are less capital intensive. a lot of folks have been talking about building processing plants and so on, that's pretty capital intensive. so we've got to figure out ways to help people that don't have access to capital to get a part of that. one of the ways to do that, i think, is to do things cooperatively, to do things collectively and we have a long history in agriculture of where we cooperatively work together. we can make a lot of changes. and so for beginning farmers, the farmers of color

and the stock exchange, guatemala, small farmers are connected to the whole wide world. oh hi. courtney, who trained as a banker put the co op coffee on the commodities market, letting them avoid dot g middleman. the small scale coffee farmers formed their federation in $979.00 in the middle of a civil war which pits the army against the maya population. the mayas received support from 3rd world organizations around the world. if the only way that the bounder was so good, they practically turned critical into a charity of other women. if he said it was a place where we can ask for support and they eat up the report, then only came that constant had no future born in that or what would we do when the day came when we stopped receiving any development? but i feel, you know, we better get to work ourselves. i'm was, i fair. my hotel by him was always good and i was an outcast himself when he started working for fed coca cola. before that he built help us with trading companies, coffee business in guatemala, but to be able to increase exports. he'd have had to pay half the b

ah, cisco cub mirrors is a small farmer. he lives together with his children and grandchildren here over the per find on this. well, i went to school for 3 years. no, no. my parents didn't have the money to allow me to pursue my study. if i see the dog, i attended school from age 8 to 11, then i just started working out in training. so i worked on a coffee on the la, so see if they will know me, which way you don't have enough ink. and in this remote region of mountain this northern guatemala, another small scale farmer, don hath, into a severe hannah, is visiting his father. now, 100 years old, claire used to work as a forced laborer or no coffee plantation, which i hate to coffee. the family converses in my language to live in a while. i was living here. the key is still worth it. i was born here in this modest area. i'm in the village. 0 one. yeah. i agree with one. okay. and it taught us how to work in europe here. there was never enough to live. so people had to go elsewhere to earn money. i guess weighed up on i got, i