The Small Farm Tech Expo brought researchers, farmers, university students and even a group from a Modesto elementary school ...

When I was growing up, my mother always told me two things: never give up, and never take no for an answer. I rely on that advice every day. There is no better example of this than the state block ...

Small family farms are the backbone of our nation. Throughout our history, they have secured the promise of liberty made by our Founders. And they are the indispensable foundation of democratic civics ...

NEWPORT, Va. (WDBJ) - A couple in Newport is preparing to launch an app they say will help small-scale farmers like themselves by making it easier to sell products directly to consumers. The Red Hen ...

Recent data from the US Department of Agriculture demonstrates the important role small farms play in our food system. Mike Davis has more. Davis: Small farms are often at the center of the discussion ...

Linda Adams is a Purdue Extension Community Wellness Coordinator for Marion County (Indianapolis), serving since 2015. She collaborates with communities to implement sustainable policy, system, and ...

At a greenhouse in Mesa, Arizona, nine-foot towers of tomatoes and cucumbers and other assorted vegetables reach skyward, bathed in diffused natural light. “We can grow 10 times the food using 90 to ...

Ben Wagner may be a dairy farmer, but that job description is woefully incomplete. He’s also an accountant, squaring the numbers for his central Minnesota farm by hand; a herder, rotating 75 cows ...

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, ...

The OCC has announced the groundbreaking for the Southern Oklahoma Urban and Small Farm Hub in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Local food banks are about to lose a key source of fresh, local produce after the Department of Agriculture ended the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program or LFPA. The program ...

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