Brainstorming on workable ideas to bridge the generational gap between older farmers & younger farmers/younger folks interested in getting into small farming.

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #SmallFarmers

Come to see me & Ella at #UVIC Campus #CommunityGarden #Spring #Market today! There's going to be lots of local vendors, community nonprofits, arts & crafts, live demos & live music/entertainment. #FreeAdmission

https://www.ccgardenuvic.ca/events.html

We'll be on location, 3:30pm-6pm ✌️👩‍🌾🍎💐

#Saanich #GordonHead #VictoriaBC #YYJ #CommunityEvent #CommunityMarket #SmallFarmers #FoodSecurity #BuyLocal #SupportLocal #SupportSmallFarmers

Alrighty then... I'll be boosting and re-posting a few SPS posts from yesterday, but I wanted to leave you all with this very #SolarPunk story. TY to @MaQuest and @BrambleBearSnoring and everyone else who used the hashtag. We'll be back at it next #SolarPunkSunday!

Three Years In, New York’s #UrbanAgriculture Office Has Delivered

by Haley Schusterman, January 20, 2026

"Three years in, the office is delivering on its full mandate. It built its own relationships with community leaders and advocates, launched education programs connecting students to working #farms, opened pathways for #SmallFarmers to sell to city institutions, mapped the city’s urban agriculture landscape, and pushed for procurement reform that could redirect how the city spends its food dollars. The office is working to change how eight million #NewYorkers grow, buy, and think about food, using urban agriculture as a lever for #ClimateAction, #EnvironmentalJustice, #FoodAccess, workforce development, and economic #resilience."

Read more:
https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/three-years-in-new-yorks-urban-agriculture-office-has-delivered/

#GreenerCities #UrbanFarms #UrbanGardens #FarmersMarkets #FarmToTable #FoodSecurity #NYC

The Upcoming American Holocaust: Connecting Billionaires, AI, ICE & Trump’s Concentration Camps

It is not hyperbole to read the genesis of an American Holocaust given the building blocks being laid out by Trump’s masterminds of hate mobilizing ICE, detention centers, AI, and billionaires.

The EU’s mission impossible: Stopping young farmers giving up before they’ve even begun.

Europe’s food system depends on an endangered species: its farmers.

Brussels wants to fix Europe’s aging farm problem, but its new plan may lack the cash to pull it off.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251021-the-eus-mission-impossible-stopping-young-farmers-giving-up-before-theyve-even-begun?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Agriculture #Food #SustainableAgriculture #CommonAgriculturalPolicy #CAP #YoungFarmers #SmallFarmers #EU #Europe

Small farmers are so critical because they raise the crops that are NOT the big commodities (wheat, etc) and must do so w/o govt subsidies. Read this story from @InsideClimate for an understanding of how extreme weather is affecting farmers and a glimpse into how they may have to adapt to a new climate reality.

#farming #EQIP #HighTunnels #usda #SmallFarmers #extremeWeatherEvents

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16082025/ohio-extreme-weather-impacts-farm-crops/

Europe’s #farms are changing, and not for the better.

More and more, #farmland isn’t managed by #smallfarmers.
EU agricultural subsidies, meant to support food production and rural communities, are increasingly ending up in the hands of #corporations focused on profit

@wemoveeurope.bsky.social

#SmallFarmers Are Struggling With #Trumpian Chaos—and Bracing for More

https://newrepublic.com/article/195925/small-farmers-trump-budget-cuts
#farming #farmers #agriculture

For #SmallFarmers, the #Egg Shortage Has a Surprising Silver Lining

https://www.eater.com/24398949/how-the-egg-shortage-benefits-small-farmers