Polk County’s numbers reflect that trend, showing a substantial share of small-acreage operations. About 21% of the county’s farms are 1 to 9 acres, and another 43% are 10 to 49 acres, according to ...
Just a Few Acres Farm in Lansing, NY has nearly 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, where seventh-generation farmer Pete Larson posts videos with titles like “The basics of cutting hay” and “Playing in ...
Small farms have a pretty big advantage. They don’t need to ascribe to industrial means of growing. That means less tilling and fewer pesticides. The ability to have a regenerative operation is much ...
This article originally published at The Assembly. At Ten Mothers Farm in Cedar Grove, just north of Hillsborough in Orange County, Gordon Jenkins and Vera Fabian produce 50 to 60 varieties of ...
When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...
At Argus Farm Stop, the shelves are full of locally raised vegetables and fruit, herbs, beef, chicken, fish, and more. Beets from one local farm snuggle up against sunchokes from another, across eggs ...
Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. A number of small Black-owned farms ...
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN)—We’re gearing up for Five Rivers MetroPark’s Small Farm & Food Fest! MetroParks Education Coordinator Rick Musselman and Volunteer Coordinator Allison Zimmerman joined Living ...
American agriculture is facing a crisis. The average U.S. farmer is nearly 60, and according to American Farmland Trust research, we are losing farmland at a rate of more than 2,000 acres per day. Yet ...
Turo Tolentino and Andrea Alforte and their home in Cainta were victims of Typhoon Ondoy in 2009, while Turo was still employed at a call center. When that tragedy hit, they decided to pack up and ...
When most people picture a farmer, they don’t envision someone teaching math, driving a school bus or managing a bank branch. Yet for the majority of U.S. farm households, income from these off-farm ...
COLEMAN, Wis. (WBAY) - In small-town Coleman, Zeitler Enterprises is the definition of “Family Farming.” “My grandfather built it; my father built it,” said Jerry Zeitler. “I want to keep it rolling.” ...
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