Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

A limited podcast series spotlighting youth in agriculture and the transformational change they are spearheading.

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The Center on Global Food and Agriculture presents a limited podcast series that focuses on youth in agriculture and the role they play in stewarding sustainable change in the food system. Structured as 30-minute conversations between a young person and an established professional in the food and agriculture industry, the series elevates young people’s voices while providing us with the opportunity to learn from professionals in the field. Stay tuned every Wednesday for a new episode.

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Storming the Barricades: Young People Take Action

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

Young people refuse to take a back seat to their future, so they are getting engaged in global food and agriculture.

A Ugandan boy carries a basket of sweet potatoes down a street in the village of Kyanukuzi, near Masaka, in Uganda.
AP Photos/Ben Curtis
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Inspiring Action: Getting Youth Involved in Agriculture

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The agriculture industry must actively engage young people if there is any hope of ending food insecurity.

Research fellow Brandy-Joe Milliron works in the garden at Downtown Health Plaza in Winston-Salem, N.C.
AP Photos/Gerry Broome
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Prioritizing Diversity to Ensure Resilience

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

To ensure the sustainability of the global food and agriculture system, farmers must embrace diversification.

A woman works in a field at a farm on the outskirt of Harare, Zimbabwe.
AP Photos/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
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Stewarding Resources to Preserve Food Security

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

We need smart and efficient food systems to preserve the Earth—are young people the silver bullet?

Mohammed Abdul, a farmer who said he 'had to start from the beginning' after losing all his farm inputs to violent attacks in Nigeria's north, works on a rice farm in Agatu village on the outskirts of Benue State in northcentral Nigeria.
AP Photos/Chinedu Asadu
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Revolutionizing Agriculture through Youth Engagement

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

How can advancements in technology and nutrition revolutionize the global food system?

A farmer works to move a herd to another field at his family's ranch in Glen Flora, Texas.
AP Photos/Eric Gay
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Innovating Forward: Committing to Food and Agriculture

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The Youth in Agriculture podcast examines new innovations required to improve the food system.

Abbie Doane-Simon, of Green City Growers, cultivates produce in a rooftop garden on the third-base side of Fenway Park in Boston.
AP Photos/Elise Amendola
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Partnering with Youth to Inspire Agricultural Innovation

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The future of agricultural innovation is dependent on young people. How can we motivate them to get engaged?

A Bangladeshi farmer woman separates the husk from the grain during harvest at Saturia village, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
AP Photos/Pavel Rahman
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Growing Pains: Transforming Global Food and Agriculture

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

How do we nourish the population, while protecting the planet from the very act of nourishing us?

A farmer thrashes wheat crop after harvest early morning.
AP Photos/Channi Anand
Food and Agriculture

Siloed Farmers: Reconciling Information Divides

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

Existing barriers between rural and urban areas, and young and old farmers perpetuates an information divide in agriculture that a young cattle farmer is trying to reconcile.

A young man leads two cows on a dirt road.
Sagar Kulkarni
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The Nexus between Collaboration and Agricultural Development

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

Collaboration across generations, communities, and political parties is pivotal to agricultural development and youth engagement.

Two young people examine a plant in a lab. Food and Agriculture