{"id":27230,"date":"2022-10-12T19:53:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T23:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/national-farmers-day-celebrate-farmers\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T19:53:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T23:53:03","slug":"national-farmers-day-celebrate-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/national-farmers-day-celebrate-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"National Farmers Day: Celebrate Farmers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Farmers Day is celebrated today, October 12<sup>th<\/sup>, the perfect date since it is near the end of harvesttime. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/national-farmers-day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">Farmers only make up 2% of America<\/span><\/strong><\/a> yet their impact extends to us all, so let\u2019s celebrate our farmers today and every day!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Did you know?<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2aaadf;\">Farm Bureau<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #2aaadf;\">\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9902;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/newsroom\/fast-facts\" style=\"color: #ff9902;\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>There are around 2 million farms in the U.S.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9902;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/newsroom\/fast-facts\" style=\"color: #ff9902;\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;\"><\/span>98% of farms are family operated<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9902;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/newsroom\/fast-facts\" style=\"color: #ff9902;\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;\"><\/span>86% of U.S. agricultural products are produced on family farms\/ranches<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9902;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/newsroom\/fast-facts\" style=\"color: #ff9902;\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;\"><\/span>One acre of land can grow a variety of crops, including 50,000 pounds of strawberries or 2,784 pounds (46.4 bushels) of wheat <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9902;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/newsroom\/fast-facts\" style=\"color: #ff9902;\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">About 8% of U.S. farms market foods locally through direct-to-consumer or intermediated sales<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9902;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/newsroom\/fast-facts\" style=\"color: #ff9902;\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;\"><\/span>One U.S. farm&nbsp;feeds 166 people&nbsp;annually in the U.S. and abroad<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Farmers also contribute to food security in America. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/newsroom\/fast-facts\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">Thanks to their productivity and efficiency, Americans enjoy a food supply that is&nbsp;abundant, affordable and among the world\u2019s safest.<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #57575b;\">U.S. farmers also contribute to global food security by exporting to developing countries in Southeast Asia, Central America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/topics\/food-and-nutrition\/food-security\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">U.S. exports to these areas have grown at nearly twice the annual rate, an effort supported by the USDA.<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/newsroom\/fast-facts\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">In 2018, $139.6 billion&nbsp;worth of American agricultural products were exported around the world. The United States sells more food and fiber to world markets than we import, creating a positive agricultural trade balance.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Without farmers, these efforts would not have been possible. Farmers have a great impact not only in the United States, but around the world as well!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Ways to support your local farmer, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/national-farmers-day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">farmers almanac<\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #11477e;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Visit your local farmers market to buy fruit, veggies, meat, dairy products, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 0.2in;\"><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #11477e;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Visit pick-your-own farms, which can be an especially fun fall activity. You can pick your own pumpkin in the fall, your own strawberries in the summer, and even flowers in the spring! Search for a pick-your-own farm near you for a fun day!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #11477e;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #57575b;\">Get involved in local festivals and activities that support farmers. If your town doesn\u2019t have any events, consider trying to start an annual festival that supports farmers in your community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Farmers Day is celebrated today, October 12th, the perfect date since it is near the end of harvesttime. Farmers only make up 2% of America yet their impact extends to us all, so let\u2019s celebrate our farmers today and every day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":27231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[197,205,208],"class_list":["post-27230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-featured","tag-industry-news","tag-industry-news-usda-fns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}