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 ...

Over the last three growing seasons, Purdue Extension established demonstration plots of cover crops and reduced tillage in vegetables at Purdue’s Agricultural Centers (PACs). Extension collaborated ...

Small is (indeed) beautiful as E.F. Schumacher said in the book of the same title decades ago. Watch out for the podcast as I asked Sarah to explain how small can indeed be beautiful and be the ...

Highlighted below are ten of such farming businesses you can explore this year: 1. Crop farming: Crop farming which could be food or cash crops can be done both on small and large scales.The food ...

Want to grow an abundant backyard farm? Zach Buchel shares his secrets to growing $85,000 worth of food on just 1/3 acre! Whether you're a beginner or looking to maximize your harvest, you'll find ...

As a result, smaller farms are disappearing. From 2012 to 2022, the number of farms in the U.S. decreased by almost 10 percent, according to the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, while the average ...

Plans for small veg producing farms near Newtown given the go ahead ... own produce supplemented from other farms.They added that the small farms will provide a new pathway for entrants to farming.