Reversing farmer demographics

Future Farmer of America

Enrollment in ag schools has been up 28% since 2004. While these new students are not all future farmers, there are many professions revolving around the whole food production chain, it seems to show a growing interest in farming that may result in younger farmers.

It also seems clear that despite the always decreasing number of farmers, there are still good jobs to have in this sector, and that's a very valuable thing in today's economical world.

I read another article about immigrant farmers from South/Central America that could also reverse the aging trend, but the author seems to have found only one Mexican farmer in the whole Midwest...  ;)
Still, there are many first and second generation immigrant farmers in the West and other spots, and some have even been established for longer, like the Hmong community.

Chimel.