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 ...

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We at FoodLab believe that farming on smaller parcels of land in a biointensive way is the future of food production. It’s a different type of farming than conventional farming that can lead to higher ...

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 ...

In spring, eastern Oregon farmer Patrick Thiel delivers thousands of pounds of organic potatoes to more than 50 farm-to-table restaurants in Portland every week. But Thiel hasn’t made the 350-mile ...

The Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day proved that dedicated growers won’t let summer temperatures dampen their enthusiasm for learning. Despite the hot weather, 63 attendees gathered at the Purdue ...

Meanwhile, in the Rajouri border regions of Sunderbani and Nowshera, the Department of Agriculture is promoting 100% organic vegetable farming. Under the centrally sponsored schemes, the government is ...