Do you consider your neighbor’s five-acre property with 12 chickens a farm? No? What about your neighbor with two show pigs? No still? If that’s the case, the folks behind the USDA Census 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, ...

National brands are betting big on small farmers. Food giants such as Chipotle and Sweetgreen have long emphasized close partnerships with small or local farmers, in many cases, due to corporate ...

Shae, left, and Anna Pesek pose with calves on their Over the Moon farm in Iowa. The farm was one of thousands benefiting from a local food program recently cut by the Trump administration. (Helaina ...

East Lansing — In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring last month, a group of farmers got ready to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor. As they took turns climbing in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) — Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry farm, the Iowa Capital Dispatch ...