Photo by Sam Gellman Photography/Getty Images. Although farm subsidies were originally intended to help family farms, they have become a tool for making the largest and wealthiest farms larger and ...

Amidst the annual holiday boom in turkey sales, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing a new rule to reduce salmonella in poultry. That's a laudable goal, but the actual ...

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 ...

HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. — Booming thunderclaps cracked like gunfire through the cold night air as heavy branches snapped off ancient redwood trees and slammed to the earth 200 feet below. “It sounded ...

Residents who operate small farms say back-to-back increases in water rates are causing them to pay triple what they once did ...

NEWPORT, Va. – Farms across the country are closing at an alarming rate, with experts estimating that about 2,000 acres of farmland cease operations each year. The Blue Horn, like many others in the ...

I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...

Earth Day is coming up, which is a day for us to demonstrate our support for protecting the environment. A commitment to protect the environment looks different for everyone. Some folks focus on ...

Inga visits small farms and makers finding new ways to preserve traditional practices. Host Inga Witscher takes a journey around the state to visit small farms and specialty makers who are finding new ...

Lawmakers have removed provisions that block megafarms from taxpayer-funded conservation programs. After years wrangling over ...

Formerly a school, the small farm sits atop a hill, situated practically within residents’ backyards. But it’s home to chickens and bees and covered in a rainbow of fruits and vegetables. Ryan is ...