US vidalia onion farm joins National FFA to inspire young farmers
The new initiative, “Growing America’s Farmers,” was the brainchild of Walt Dasher, a third generation southeast Georgia farmer who is a strong advocate of FFA. As a partner in G&R Farms, he found it was difficult to hire young people to work on the family farm.
“Over the years, we found that people under the age of 30 in rural areas like ours expressed very little interest in farm work. This caused me great concern because we all know that a lack of farmers could create a myriad of problems for our country,” said Dasher. “Can you imagine if we experienced a food supply shortage in the United States and had to depend on foreign countries to feed our families?”
Dasher noted that the average age of an American farmer is 57 and trending older with each passing year. Determined to do his part to combat the problem and increase awareness across the country, Dasher formulated a program in conjunction with the National FFA to support the scholarship initiative for future farmers.
source: agdaily.com
