Yes, there's research coming out now that, on a national level, the majority of new farmers are coming from non-farming backgrounds, so they're folks who don't have a family farm to take over. They do have a specific set of challenges that need to be addressed in terms of accessing training and capital and land, which are not totally separate from those of existing farmers. Because they're predominately coming from a non-farming background, we do need additional supports in terms of training and linking them into that farming community, whereas before it was sort of easier to have succession.
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