Across the United States, small farms are vanishing at an alarming rate. Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms declined by about 140,000, a 7% drop, according to the USDA’s 2022 Census of ...
Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. A number of small Black-owned farms ...
Hannah Smith-Brubaker runs a farmer-led nonprofit that, for over 30 years, has focused on teaching climate-resilient agricultural practices across the Northeast. Since 2023, Smith-Brubaker has ...
Just a Few Acres Farm in Lansing, NY has nearly 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, where seventh-generation farmer Pete Larson posts videos with titles like “The basics of cutting hay” and “Playing in ...
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, ...