I’m stunned. I last looked at this distribution in the early ’90s and while I was aware that it remained a concern with respect to rural development and land tenure I had no idea at the rate of divergence. Mr. Phillpot took the chart from the National Young Farmers Coalition. You can find the complete study at their website, www.youngfarmers.org . 

motherjones:

Going to a farmers market today? (Or ever?) Read this from Tom Philpott: “The local food economy in two charts.”

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   I’m stunned. I last looked at...the early ’90s and while I was aware that it remained a...

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    Extremely interesting read.

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    physical career that offers no prospect of affordable health care?”

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    A lot of the farms at my...are run by younger families. But country wide,

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    Do some research on factory farms. It’s terrifying. Factory farms are doing

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    LET’S CHANGE OUR COMMUNITIES by Alexandra Gabrielle We need younger local farmers! One way to boost the economy is

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    hát ja, nekem is egyre több az öreg, szakadt farmerem

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    in 4 years i may be

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