marketing, finance, and distribution. (5) Scholarship funding provided to increase the number of young African-American individuals seeking a career in the food and agricultural sciences shall be provided with the caveat that such scholarship students shall commit to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences, including agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution. (6) The average age of farmers and producers in the United States is 60 years of age and continues to rise. (7) Beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 7405 of Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 3319f )) need greater assistance in the financing of their education because of the increased startup costs associated with farming, such as the purchase of land and farming equipment. (c) Purposes The purposes of this Act are the following: (1) To address the national crisis posed by the aging farmer and producer population in the United States. (2) To increase the number of young African-American individuals seeking a career in the food and agricultural sciences (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 )), including agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution. (3) To reduce the average age of farmers and producers in the United States. (4) To provide greater assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 7405 of Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 3319f )). (5) To provide scholarships to 1890 land-grant students seeking careers in the food and agricultural sciences. 2. Scholarship program for students attending 1890-institutions Subtitle G of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after