Future Harvest is a non-profit organization that trains and supports farmers in Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and Washington D.C. in order to advance an agricultural system that sustains farmers, communities, and the environment.

Most farmers in the Future Harvest network operate small, diversified farms that sell directly to nearby communities. The organization also runs a well-known Beginner Farming Training Program, and many of the individuals who go on to grow the region’s tomatoes and raise its pastured chickens are graduates.

Once a year, those farmers and others working in sustainable agriculture gather for an annual conference to learn, network, and share resources. The theme of this year’s conference was “Pivot, Care, Grow.”

Civil Eats was on the scene to talk to farmers about the biggest challenges they’re facing and how they’re meeting them. They talked about distribution, equipment, infrastructure, and—of course—the weather.

Featured in this video:

Denzell Mitchell, executive director, The Farm Alliance of Baltimore/Black Butterfly Farm; Nazirak Ahmen, Purple Mountain Grown; Rachel Armistead, Red Wiggler Farm; Janelle Dunn, Farmers Alliance; Tom Farquhar, Sandy Spring Gardens.

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