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 ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — 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 ...

Small farmers across the U.S. are suffering as government shutdown drags on The ongoing government shutdown is hurting many ...

On Tuesday, October 28, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. ET, Providence Farm Collective’s (PFC) Executive Director and Deputy Director ...

If you want to start a small farm business, you may be wondering what step to take first. You might not even have land yet, but you are still thinking and planning for the time when you will make your ...

Stones Throw Farm grows through family Brian Luton, owner of Stones Throw Farm, invests his family in small farming. Their CSA market helps feed nearly 120 families each season around Syracuse. NEDROW ...

While advocates say the need for this type of program is real, some feel the legislation needs to include funding to be ...

2018 is the Year of the Tractor at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and this 1918 Waterloo Boy, one of the first tractors with a combustion engine, just went on exhibit.

Small farmers fit within no simple definition. Each category has pitfalls—whether by acres, income, employees or head of cattle. Yet the definition is crucial, since it dictates state and federal ...

Since 2013, the Indiana Small Farm Conference has been the premier annual event for Indiana’s small- and diversified-farm community — helping them experience continuing education and enjoy ...

Booker T. Whatley at his home in Montgomery. You might say that the problems facing America’s small farms are like the weather: Everybody talks about them, but nobody does anything about them. After ...

If you would like to sell your farm products online - via the Internet on your small farm website - here are some ideas and tips for getting started. The Internet can be a great way to increase farm ...