Modern Farmer

Small-Scale Farming Shouldn’t Just Be a Hobby. So Why Is It So Hard to Make a Living?

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 ...

Small farms growing stronger roots in South Dakota farm-to-table movement

Driving up a dirt road to the small produce stand at Bear Butte Gardens just outside Sturgis, one would never imagine the ...
Modern Farmer

The Financials of Profitable Small-Scale Farming

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 ...
PBS

Around the Farm Table Celebrates Small Farms

Inga visits small farms and makers finding new ways to preserve traditional practices. Host Inga Witscher takes a journey around the state to visit small farms and specialty makers who are finding new ...

Small-scale farmers of color in Fresno hurt by USDA cuts to food bank program

By dawn, they would be stacked inside the Central California Food Bank, one of the buyers that keeps his small-scale farm and ...

Small local farms growing stronger roots in SD

Driving up a dirt road to the small produce stand at Bear Butte Gardens just outside Sturgis, one would never imagine the ...