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Farmers are now dealing with the impacts of the climate crisis on a daily basis. Experts predict weather events including droughts and flooding will only get worse. Young and beginning farmers, especially BIPOC farmers, are feeling those impacts the most. Are there opportunities to advance water and climate action and justice through the 2024 Farm Bill? We interview Abi Fain, Chief Legal and Policy Officer at the Intertribal Ag Council. And we’ll talk to young farmers building solutions to address water access and climate issues. 

Congress was negotiating the 2023 Farm Bill. CT farmers wanted more money for programs that fit the Northeast.

Connecticut Farmer Janna Siller said she wants to see these existing federal programs geared more to the types of farms here

Congress is negotiating the 2023 Farm Bill, which funds agricultural programs. Connecticut farmers want more money for programs that fit the Northeast.

Susan Mitchell hopped onto her tractor on an overcast day in early May to start the early stages of planting summer squash and zucchini for the third growing season on her farm in Columbia. She laid three rows of black plastic mulch to help with moisture retention and weed control as two of her workers, Naomi Ford and Sarah Medeiros, assisted from the field. Mitchell said they would later punch holes into the plastic to transplant the plants.