Laura Ann Pollack, who works at Healthy Chesapeake, encourages kids to “try the rainbow” in a food program she started called Color Your Plate.
Melanie Kirby of Zia Queenbees Co., focuses on breeding queen bees to provide beestock for beekeepers in New Mexico and beyond.
Sage Hagan of Tierra Sagrada Farms, a recipient of the 2023 Brighter Future Fund, brings his Native American values and practices to his New Mexico business.
Through innovation and diversifying with niche products, the Steensmas and Diepersloots are blazing the trail for dairy farmers of the future.
American Farmland Trust, a nonprofit organization with over 40 years of experience in helping farmers, ranchers, and others in agriculture maintain and preserve their farmland, is helping veterans transition into the agricultural sector through their Brighter Future Fund (BFF) grant program. The Brighter Future Fund provides direct support to farmers and ranchers across the country. […]
California-based Mineral.ai leverages breakthroughs in AI, computer vision, and robotics, to reimagine a more sustainable food system.
National 4-H Council winner Katie Collin’s journey in 4-H showcases the power of 4-H, for people of diverse backgrounds and races.
Common Roots Farm — a 4.5-acre market garden farm where disabled people work together — received an American Farmland Trust Brighter Future Fund grant.
Brandon Bell, the People and Organizational Development Lead for US Crop Protection at Syngenta, has worked since 2020 to spearhead a mission of inclusivity.
As precision ag tech becomes more user-friendly and available, small-scale farms — where labor, money, and resources are limited — can leverage them.