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, ...

Forests offer farmers a specialized area for growing all kinds of crops. Mushrooms are excellent in forest farming systems, ...

Farming isn’t just work, it’s a full-time lifestyle. But, for many small family farms across the U.S., that lifestyle is getting harder to sustain. Somewhere between half and 85% of small farms now ...

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 ...

As a way to share these ideas, he and his wife Kerry founded the Big Web Institute. Through the institute they hope to ...

This article originally published at The Assembly. At Ten Mothers Farm in Cedar Grove, just north of Hillsborough in Orange County, Gordon Jenkins and Vera Fabian produce 50 to 60 varieties of ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN)—We’re gearing up for Five Rivers MetroPark’s Small Farm & Food Fest! MetroParks Education Coordinator Rick Musselman and Volunteer Coordinator Allison Zimmerman joined Living ...

When most people picture a farmer, they don’t envision someone teaching math, driving a school bus or managing a bank branch. Yet for the majority of U.S. farm households, income from these off-farm ...

Groton — When former science teacher Mike Gilman got started as an oyster farmer, Tessa Getchis, senior extension educator at Connecticut Sea Grant, mentored him. And for the past three years, the ...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Grace Meadows Farm, typically known for its restaurant, has plans to develop a new residential community focused on farming. These farm-focused communities, called ...