When America can't
harvest what we grow,
our competitors win.
WHO WE ARE
Grow It Here is a new farmer-led advocacy campaign focused on bringing attention to mounting agricultural labor shortages, and their threat to American family farms and higher food prices.
Our Pillars
Improve food security
Supporting American farmers to ensure a
stable, homegrown food supply
Address Food Affordability
Lowering food costs for American families
Tackle the Farm Crisis
Defending the family farm for the next generation
Reverse the Historic Ag Trade Deficit
-$49.5 Billion Projection for 2025
THE COLD HARD TRUTH
WE DON'T HAVE THE WORKERS TO KEEP FARMS THRIVING IN AMERICA
"One of the clearest indicators of the scarcity of farm labor is the fact that the number of H-2A positions requested and approved has increased more than sevenfold in the past 18 years." - U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
Per the USDA,
from 2020-2022 only
32%
of crop farmworkers were born in the United States.
Our Coalition's Work
Grow it Here is working to provide a voice of reason on the impact of immigration policies that undercut American agricultural competitiveness, on-the-ground expertise from farm economy experts on the need for temporary guest workers, support for practical approaches from Congress and the administration to address this issue, and listening sessions and fact-finding information gathered from conversations with farmers across the nation.
Together, these efforts aim to ensure that American agriculture remains strong, sustainable, and supported by policies that reflect the realities of the modern farm economy.
OUR FARM ECONOMY EXPERTS
The heart of Grow It Here is our people — the farmers who live and work the land every day.
