Despite their ingenuity, small farms are being pushed to the margins of California’s celebrated ag-tech boom.” ...
Small farms have a pretty big advantage. They don’t need to ascribe to industrial means of growing. That means less tilling and fewer pesticides. The ability to have a regenerative operation is much ...
For three years, Nathanael Gonzales-Siemens drove up California’s coast for 14 hours every month for a routine task: milling his grain into flour. “I was literally not able to find a flour mill at my ...
Learn practical steps to start your own farm without overspending, covering land, equipment, and resources to launch a small-scale farm for $12,000 or less. Perfect for beginners seeking a sustainable ...
Small, local growers diversify the food supply chain, foster young talent in an aging industry, and reinvest money back into the local economy. Even on the city’s hottest, most humid summer days, Toto ...
After half their farm’s crops were wiped out by a devastating heat wave in 2018, Ellee Igoe and Hernan Cavazos, co-founders of Solidarity Farm, changed their practices with the explicit goal of adding ...