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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.

Latest | Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

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
Food and Agriculture

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
Food and Agriculture

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
Food and Agriculture

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

The Next Generation: Engaging Youth in Agriculture

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

Young people are the future of agriculture—so why aren't they getting involved?

A young man stands in a field of wheat and watches the sunset.
Benjamin Davies
Food and Agriculture