Another Response to "God Made a Farmer"

This post comes to us from Daryn Lane, a SAF alumna and theA meriCorps VISTA Local Stakeholder and Engagement Coordinator at RAFI-USA (Rural Advancement Foundation International- USA). 

And here's Joe Schroeder's take on the ad from over here at RAFI:
http://rafiusa.org/blog/what-makes-a-farmer/

"Were the farmers represented too white? Too male? Too well-resourced? Too big? Too commodity-centric? Not representative of who actually labors in the fields?"

In the blog post, Joe also highlights one of our newest videos about TCFR grantees. This one is about Felix Vargas, a farmworker turned farm-owner: "While many barriers keep migrant farmworkers from owning farms, he was able to obtain citizenship and slowly build the capital to invest in his own operation. Felix represents a growing population of Latino farmers in North Carolina and throughout the US. The influence of this demographic shift is already significant and will be increasingly important as we explore the immigration reforms necessary to meet our agricultural needs."