First-Gen Farmers Face Land, Language Hurdles

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  First-generation farmers in Whatcom County make up about one-third of the local farming community“In Whatcom County, about one-third of farmers are first-generation.”
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  First-generation farmers in Whatcom County face challenges including renting landNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  First-generation farmers in Whatcom County face challenges including using technology“First-generation farmers do not inherit a legacy including land, resources and a customer base. Instead, they must build a business from the ground up. They are doing the laborious work of farmworkers while juggling operations and struggling to turn a profit. “We recognize that a lot of the challenges that are occurring do adversely and disproportionately affect beginning, new underrepresented farmers,” said Madison Roy, an agricultural economist at Washington State Department of Agriculture. In Whatcom County, about one-third of farmers are first-generation. Cascadia Daily News spoke to three of them, Elizabeth Link, Eden Lopez Paramo and Amelia Pichardo, who each face challenges of buying land, using technology effectively, finding buyers, planning around seasonality and — for Pichardo and Paramo — navigating a second language.”
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  First-generation farmers in Whatcom County face challenges including finding buyers“They are doing the laborious work of farmworkers while juggling operations and struggling to turn a profit. “We recognize that a lot of the challenges that are occurring do adversely and disproportionately affect beginning, new underrepresented farmers,” said Madison Roy, an agricultural economist at Washington State Department of Agriculture. In Whatcom County, about one-third of farmers are first-generation. Cascadia Daily News spoke to three of them, Elizabeth Link, Eden Lopez Paramo and Amelia Pichardo, who each face challenges of buying land, using technology effectively, finding buyers, planning around seasonality and — for Pichardo and Paramo — navigating a second language.”
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  First-generation farmers in Whatcom County face challenges including navigating language barriers“For Pichardo and Paramo — navigating a second language.”
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  A Washington State Department of Agriculture agricultural economist provided the information““We recognize that a lot of the challenges that are occurring do adversely and disproportionately affect beginning, new underrepresented farmers,” said Madison Roy, an agricultural economist at Washington State Department of Agriculture.”