Growing food hasn’t been J’Quincy Jones Sr.’s only mission. Sweet Jones Farms is building community well-being through agricultural experiences and education.

Head, heart, hands, and health are the words that thousands of 4-H members live by. Matias Habib certainly didn’t join 4-H to become a leader in sustainable agriculture – the then 10-year-old’s mom just wanted him to have a sense of community, a place to belong. But, for the now 17-year-old high school student, 4-H has become so much more than that – and earlier this month, it landed him the 2023 4-H Youth in Action Award for agriculture sponsored by Bayer. 

African farmer John Manirakiza of Florencia Farm serves the mid-Atlantic community by growing plants native to Africa.

Diagnosed with breast cancer in her 30s, Brooke Taylor created the Rural Gone Urban Foundation to leave a legacy of help and caring for others.

Nearing the end of a long work week in January, Dewey Coffey of Casey County, Kentucky, became trapped in his farm’s grain bin. Rescuers came to his aid.

A plan to redirect Jack Daniel’s distiller’s spent grains used as feed into an energy startup could have a major impact on this community’s cattle production.

4-H youth recovers from a severely broken ankle and is able to show her steer to a reserve championship after three surgeries and months of rehab.

Santana Nez of the Navajo leans on her family history, tenacity, and self-reliance to guide her steps as she continues to attain goals and share traditions.

Strella Biotechnology is making strides to change fresh food waste in the U.S. by giving farmers the ability to be more efficient and better gauge ripening.

Although Jon Jackson didn’t know anything about farming, after a decade of being challenged and intensely focused as an Army Ranger, he began Comfort Farms.