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Climate Change: A Challenge – and Opportunity – for Agriculture In September 2020, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) published a report, “Financing Resilient Agriculture: How agricultural lenders can reduce climate risk and help farmers build resilience" that focuses on the role that agricultural lenders, including Farm Credit, play in supporting farmers as they manage the potential risks presented by climate change.

Native Students Propose Projects for the Continued Growth of Indian Ag Three inspiring students win the 2019 Intertribal Agriculture Council youth essay contest with project proposals focused on fostering continued growth of Indian agriculture.

American Farmland Trust Develops Agricultural Viability Index with support from Farm Credit American Farmland Trust developed the Agricultural Viability Index for eight Northeast states with the help of CoBank and Farm Credit East. The AVI is an interactive web-based tool designed to help decision makers assess the health of agriculture as an economic sector at a state, county and/or regional level. 

Farm Credit Lenders “Ground-Truth” Conference on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Beginning farmers are often lumped together and treated as a homogeneous group when, in fact, they are quite diverse, especially when it comes to their credit needs. Farm Credit representatives shared their perspectives on the topic during a conference titled “Emerging Research on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers.”  

FoodCorps Educates Young People About Garden-to-Classroom FoodCorps strives to help America’s youth understand where their food comes from and build an appreciation for the farmers and ranchers who make that food a reality. It also teaches students about the vitality of good nutrition, in order to build strong and healthy bodies.

Agriculture Education at Home In the face of school shutdowns due to COVID-19, The National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization created free, online lesson plans for at-home agriculture education.

Rural Resilience Course Strengthens Farmers’ Community Safety Net Farm Credit, the American Farm Bureau Federation and National Farmers Union joined together with Michigan State University Extension and University of Illinois Extension to create Rural Resilience, a free, online training course to help farmers, as well as their families and neighbors, cope with the mounting stress in farm country.

COVID-19 Response: Farm Credit Support Expands into Communities This fourth and final post in the series, “Farm Credit COVID-19 Response," describes how Farm Credit institutions support the rural communities where our customers and employees both live and work.

COVID-19 Response: Farm Credit Customers Adapt to Meet Consumers’ Needs This third blog in the series, "Farm Credit COVID-19 Response," highlights how the COVID-19 crisis has brought out Farm Credit customers’ creativity as they explore new ways to sustain their businesses and support their communities despite the sudden changes in market demands. 

COVID-19 Response: Farm Credit Helps Customers Access Critical Emergency Funds This second blog post in the series “Farm Credit COVID-19 Response,” highlights how Farm Credit institutions Farm Credit institutions have worked tirelessly to help customers access critical emergency funds in the face of COVID-19.