USA Today: Young People Rediscover Farming
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 9:20AM 
There's little statistical evidence to back it up, but a USA Today article finds that the organic farming sector is getting an infusion of youth. "The wave of young farmers on tiny farms is too new and too small to have turned up significantly in USDA statistics," so the article relies mostly on anecdotal evidence.
There's another reason that this emerging class of farmers aren't making much of a statistical impact: They farm on very small parcels of land. The average farm in the US is 449 acres, according to the article, but many young organic farmers are starting out with just a couple of acres.
Grist writer and farmer Tom Philpott says that as the job market shifts, farming looks more alluring to college graduates.
"There's very little to do for educated college graduates besides sit in a cubical and punch (a) computer all day," he says. "Small-scale farming is management-intensive. It's an incredibly intellectual exercise, but you're also getting your hands in the dirt — that's why it's so attractive. There's a hunger for that."
Micheal Pollan observes that highly-educated people who have graduated from elite universities are getting into it too.
"I speak on campuses all the time and (see) the passion among college students for agriculture — and I'm talking about Ivy League schools, I'm talking about Brown and Yale," he says. "It must be scaring the hell out of their parents."
-Mark
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