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 ...

Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...

Looking for veggies to plant in your garden this year? Check out these farmer-recommended, low-effort, high-reward varieties.

Claudia and Ricky Crow, owners of Crows Vegetable Farm in Shawnee, Oklahoma share how conservation programs and diversification can foster ecological and economic resilience on small, ...

Decades of urbanization and improvements in transportation have reduced the role of farming in the Northeast Ohio economy. But farming is the region's oldest industry, and it continues to touch ...

At Argus Farm Stop, the shelves are full of locally raised vegetables and fruit, herbs, beef, chicken, fish, and more. Beets from one local farm snuggle up against sunchokes from another, across eggs ...

What began as a vegetable farm has grown into one of the Lennox area’s most distinctive rural destinations, blending ...

The farm infrastructure has also changed. Sheehan now spends time protecting the crops with high tunnels, row covers and windbreaks. They place tarps over small areas as well as create drainage ...

SIMPSON, Ill. - Do you grow and sell fresh products locally? Are you considering diversifying your farming operation? Would you like to get to know your local farmer? Join University of Illinois ...