Evanne Caviness

Evanne Caviness is a proud rancher, policy organizing leader, and mother of 6th-generation Coloradoans who has been immersed in agriculture in the Southwestern U.S. since childhood. She works as the Associate Field Director for the National Young Farmers Coalition while co-managing Caviness Farms–her regenerative grassfed beef business–alongside her high school sweetheart and husband, Tyson Caviness.

Evanne is trilingual and holds degrees in English, Spanish, and Special Education from Northern Arizona University and Pima Community College. She spent four years as a high school special education teacher before having her three beautiful children. Evanne is passionate about inclusion and equity in agriculture, especially in supporting the needs of beginning farmers and ranchers from historically underserved communities. She currently serves on the state and federal policy committees for the Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger, the Nourish Colorado Farm Bill Action Committee, and the Farmer Equity Office Coalition in Colorado. Evanne is also the Governor-appointed Agricultural representative on the Colorado Council to End Human Trafficking. Evanne is also a 2023 Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Fellow and a previous member of Poudre Valley Community Farms, Secretary of Larimer County Farmers Alliance, and current member of Four Corners Farmers Coalition.

Plenary Panel Moderator

A Visionary Future: Supporting Young and BIPOC Farmers in the West