可持续农民兼社区领袖詹妮弗·施密特（Jennifer Schmidtw88优德老虎机平台“培养下一代年轻的食品领导者”held in partnership with The George Washington University, The World Resources Institute,the National Farmers Union, the国家FFA组织和国家年轻农民联盟将于2018年2月28日。
Jennie Schmidt wears many hats within the agricultureindustry as a farmer andvolunteer with numerous organizations within her community. At her family詹妮（Jennie）农场，施密特农场公司（Schmidt Farms Inc.），协助每日运营2,000英亩的第三代多元化家庭农场；种植玉米，大豆，小麦，大麦，蔬菜和葡萄。施密特在社区组织中担任众多领导角色，自豪地担任首位女总统马里兰州谷物生产商利用委员会， 这国家大麦协会， 这全球农民网络, and is active in her local church, 4H, and local food pantry.
w88优德老虎机平台食品坦克与施密特谈到了她为在家庭农场推广可持续解决方案的工作：
Food Tank (FT): What originally inspired you to get involved in your work?
詹妮弗·施密特（JS）：I’m a non-farm girl who married a farmer. When our children were born, I continued working as a Registered Dietitian part-time and helped out on the farm where I was needed. As I spent more and more time working on the farm, I realized that I loved the work I was doing and the life it provided our family more than I loved working in clinical dietetics at a hospital. I made myself indispensable on the farm, learning to do every job and drive every piece of equipment. I left the world of dietetics and applied my scientific training to plant and soil nutrition.
FT: How are you helping to build a better food system?
JS：我们在该国最敏感的流域之一切萨皮克湾耕种。我们实践协同农业，这意味着我们使用各种农业系统中的最佳管理实践，结合常规，生物技术和有机实践来建造健康的土壤，并沿着可持续性连续性移动我们的农场。我们将精确技术作为该方程式的一部分，使我们能够使用更少的自然资源，减少影响并改善下一代的土壤。没有一个曲奇切割机模型可以定义可持续性。相反，重要的是将最佳工具用于不同的土壤类型和成长中的地区，这些工具为可持续的农业提供了。
FT：您想解决的食品和农业中最紧迫的问题是什么？
JS：Climate change will be the most pressing issue going forward in agriculture, and changing how and where food is grown will have large-scale effects. Climate change will also create a new need for technology to continue to produce sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.
FT：您最兴奋的食物和农业创新是什么？
JS：我对农业的新技术感到最兴奋，这使我们能够更可持续地耕种，减少资源和投入，并在实地进行更多保护。
FT: What is one small change every person can make in their daily lives to make a big difference?
JS：每个人都可以减少食物浪费。
FT: What is the best opportunity for young or aspiring farmers and entrepreneurs to get a foothold in America’s agricultural future?
JS：Aspiring farmers should go to college, study agriculture, and find a mentor. Farming isn’t an easy field to enter nor an easy career. The more training and knowledge you have as a foundation, the more likely you are to find a farmer willing to take you on and give you a chance.
FT：我们如何最好地刺激年轻人对食物和农业的好奇心并鼓励their participation in building healthier food systems?
JS：我最好的经历一直是通过进行农场游览。实际上，让年轻人踏上农场会打破障碍和对农民在农场所做的事情或不做什么的先入为主的观念。当我解释我们的家庭农场以及我们如何努力建立可持续业务以将我们的孩子转移给我们的孩子时，他们通常会说：“我不知道”。
