Hispanic/Latino farmers - J. Garcia1 Latino Farm Operators in Missouri José L. García Community Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture Program University.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Ten Questions Everyone Needs to Ask at a Farmers Market Or Everything I learned About Farmers Markets Came After Kindergarten!

Advertisements

Women in Agriculture NTW Un-Conferencing Session April 2, 2014 – Lexington, Kentucky Leilani Carlson- Maine AgrAbility University of Maine Cooperative.

RME National Conference April J. Garcia 1 Risk Management Education for Latino Audiences José L. García, Ph.D. Extension Assistant Professor Department.

Looking at Agricultural Sustainability

Growing Opportunities for Sustainable Small Farmers in Washington & Idaho TM.

MOCAN Food Systems Work Group April 27, 2011 Cultivating Common Ground between Sustainable Agriculture and Public Health.

FALL 2008 TO FALL 2009 Ag ~ Decisions Tying the Pieces Together.

Al Mussell. Overview The survey Farm optimism/attitudes What changes are they planning? How are service providers perceived?

Al Mussell. Overview The survey Farm optimism/attitudes What changes are they planning? How can service providers help?

Risk Management Education Reaching Farm Women Audiences Bob Wells Tim Eggers Kelvin Leibold Extension programs are available to all without regard to race,

United States Agriculture AGST 3000 Agriculture, Society and the Natural World.

2002 CENSUS OF CENSUS OFAGRICULTURE U.S. Department of Agriculture Presented by: Linda Hutton, Chief Environmental, Economics, and Demographics How does.

8,000 Kentucky farms with women serving as the primary operator Over 28,000 farms with women as an operator Kentucky ranks 6 th in top states for women.

Assisting Minority Ag Producers to FARM IT (Financial Analysis, Risk Management, and Information Technology) 2011 National Extension Risk Management Education.

Seeds for Success Workshops Katie L. Sternweis, Dunn County Agriculture Agent, Specializing in Economic Development Women in Agriculture Educator’s Conference.

The Farmer & Farm Segments Chapter 6. The Farmer The avg. age of farm operators in 2002 was 58 Many have accumulated/consolidate d their operations over.

Organic Farming in the eyes of a historian!. How did the organic food market begin?

Gender equity in water management Vasudha Pangare Director World Water Institute.

Looking at Agricultural Sustainability Sustainable Small Farming & Ranching Understanding “Sustainability” and “Whole Farm” Concepts.

Introduction to 2012 Census of Agriculture Data for Oklahoma Damona Doye Rainbolt Chair of Agricultural Finance Extension Economist.

Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation Impact evaluation design for: PADYP Benin Jocelyne Delarue - AFD NONIE design clinic 1 Cairo April, Original.

Food Systems Planning. What is a Food Systems Planner? Projects and Partners Policy: Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council Planning: Chicago Metropolitan.

Small Farms Program Emerging Farm Marketing Opportunities in Skagit County Best Western, Mt. Vernon November 8, 2004 Marcy Ostrom.

Etaferahu Takele, UCCE Ag Econ/Farm Management Area Farm Advisor Southern California Counties Peggy Mauk, UCCE Subtropical Horticulture Advisor, Riverside.

Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Importance and Uses of Agricultural Statistics Section A 1.

On-Farm Portion of Income Off-Farm Portion of Income SOURCE: USDA ERS Composition of U.S. Farm Household Income by Source CHALLENGES Increased Need for.

Co-operatives & Co-operation Workers co-opertives, Organiclea and direct marketing.

Organic Seed Project – Production and Networking Initiative.

NCR-SARE offices: University of Minnesota University of Missouri Lincoln University in Missouri photo credit: Abram Kaplan.

The “People’s” Department –1862, founded by President Abraham Lincoln USDA Represents: –16 Agencies –7 Mission Areas –67 USDA Advisory Committees Honorable.

Science: Learning Experience 7

2009 DELAWARE ENVIROTHON “Biodiversity in a Changing World” Presenter Scott C. Blaier, P.G.

North Carolina Agriculture Blake Brown, PhD Extension Economist & Hugh C. Kiger Professor Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics North Carolina.

Ag Business Analyzing an Agriculture Issue. Let’s Analyze an Issue What is the Issue? In order to analyze an issue the issue must be stated in a question.

Farm Definition Any place from which $1,000 of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service Farm To School. USDA Food and Nutrition Service Farm To School What is USDA's Involvement in Farm to School? USDA recognizes.

Defining Local: For San Diego Farm to School Programs.

2007 Farm Bill: Rural Development Issues Dr. Mark A. Edelman, Director Community Vitality Center Professor of Economics and Extension Economist Iowa State.

Welcome to ANR at Noon, August 28, 2015 State of the Farm: Iowa Trends During the 2000s David J. Peters, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology Extension.

O RGANIC F ARMING R ESEARCH F OUNDATION 4th National Organic Farmers’ Survey: Sustaining Organic Farms in a Changing Organic Marketplace Erica Walz Survey.

Sustainable Agriculture UNIT 1 – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

10 th Annual Crop Insurance Conference January 2003.

Trends in Oklahoma Agriculture & Rural Demographics: Communicating with New Ag Producers: How to Reach Them, How to Teach Them OK Chapter of Soil and Water.

Defining The Market & Awareness Building Chapter 8.

Get HYP, Get Healthy Healthy Living for Everyday People.

Farm to Healthcare: Bridging the gap By Shannon Lambie & Cristel Moubarak.

Sustainability November 6, Exploring Sustainability in Agriculture USDA publication from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Missouri and Biofuels Bioenergy 101 Warrensburg November 2008.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service New England Field Office 53 Pleasant.

International Extension Extension Linkage with Research and Farmers Figure 14-1 Extension linkage with research and farmers. Source: Food and Agriculture.

Presented by Your Teacher CHINESE IMMIGRATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON TEXAS ©2012, TESCCC Grade 7 Unit 9, Lesson 2.

Presented by Student Involvement 1.  Welcomes a diverse campus community  Able to reach into different backgrounds  Create a more inviting presence.

José L. García Extension Assistant Professor and Coordinator Community Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture Department of Rural Sociology University.

Copyright © 2006 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings PowerPoint ® Slides prepared by Jay Withgott and Heidi Marcum Copyright © 2008.

Creating Opportunities for Good Food Anne Scott Academic Specialist Susan Smalley Director C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at MSU.

California and the National Ag Economy Model Agricultural Core Curriculum: Supplement University of California, Davis 112.T 1 Examples of the Direct Impact.

Central Valley Agriculture: Land & Sustainability Sustainability begins with the land.

Economic Opportunity and Indigenous Peoples in Mexico Vicente Garcia Moreno (World Bank) Trine Lunde (World Bank/Johns Hopkins University) “Economic Opportunity.

National Agricultural Workers Survey History and Methods BLS International Training Seminar on Labor Market Information September 27, 2012 Daniel Carroll,

Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in Virginia need increased participation in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that will.

Sustainable Small Farming and Ranching Researching a Potential Small Acreage Enterprise.

Farming = 3 farming families in out of out of 100 today.

Center for New Community

Value Added Products in Nepal: Creating Markets, Increasing Access, and Improving Farming Practices Issue Smallholder farmers in the Helambu region of.

Ethical Principles and Moral Reasoning (Also Food)

Macroeconomic Reforms and Agriculture Policies in Developing Countries: CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ON FAMILIAR AGRICULTURE (Cases from Mexico and Argentina)

بعض النقاط التي تؤخذ في الحسبان عند تقييم الاستثمارات الزراعية

Latinos in Georgia.

Introduction to Food Justice

Figure 2.2 A Trends in the number of farms, 1990 to 2007

Presentation transcript:

Hispanic/Latino farmers - J. Garcia1 Latino Farm Operators in Missouri José L. García Community Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture Program University of Missouri

Hispanic/Latino farmers - J. Garcia 2 U.S. figures (Ag. Census 2002) There were 50,443 Latino principal farm operators in the US in 2002, a 66% increase from 1997 or 33,450 principal operators. All Latino operators (up to 3 per farm) were 72,329 in On the other side, the US lost 86,650 farmers between 1997 and About half of the Latino farms have less than 219 acres (1997). Farming was the primary occupation for about 55% of all Latino operators in 2002.

Hispanic/Latino farmers - J. Garcia 3 Missouri figures ( Ag. Census 2002) Between 1997 and 2002 Latino principal farm operators increased from 508 to 722. All Latino operators (up to 3 per farm) were 1059 in Farming is the primary occupation for 428 principal Latino operators and 600 for all Latino operators. Over 500 Latino principal operators lived over 10 years on their farms and almost 687 of all Latino operators.

Hispanic/Latino farmers - J. Garcia 4 Issues impacting Latino producers (Survey of Latino producers in MO, 2004) Little or no awareness/access to services and programs. Diversity of backgrounds and different needs. Production, legal/financial, and marketing risks are of major concern for Latino family farms.

Hispanic/Latino farmers - J. Garcia 5 Issues impacting Latino producers (cont.) Risks are greater for Latino producers and laborers than for main stream producers. Agencies/extension are unaware of Latino producers’ needs/situation. Latino producers may be less organized than other groups. Latino producers may be undercounted.

Hispanic/Latino farmers - J. Garcia 6 Obstacles to Farming (from a survey in MI) Purchasing a Farm Infrastructure Development Technology Availability Familiarity with Crops Language and Culture Participation in USDA Programs

Hispanic/Latino farmers - J. Garcia 7 Reaching Latino producers Find out about Latino farmers in your county/region. Get materials that directly speak to their issues. Be sensitive to their cultural background and needs. Talk to the organizations that serve them