On Tuesday, October 28, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. ET, Providence Farm Collective’s (PFC) Executive Director and Deputy Director will participate in the Small Farmer, Big Voices Summit. The Summit, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two farmers pose with livestock. Shae, left, and Anna Pesek pose with calves on their Over the Moon farm in Iowa. The farm was one ...

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 ...

After the disastrous Big Ugly Bill, House Republicans are doubling down on Big Ag handouts with their proposed Farm Bill.

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 ...

The Department of Crop Sciences’ Small Farm Certificate Program is celebrating its inaugural year and first graduate, Lia Basden.

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 ...

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, ...

Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry farm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture grant program that allowed schools and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 4—Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry ...