Originally, Jean-Martin Fortier knew nothing about farming. Now a world-renowned sustainable farmer, Fortier will be visiting the Roaring Fork Valley to share not just his tips to disrupt the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 30—SOLWAY — The 12th Annual Small Scale Sustainable Sheep Farming event is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, at ...

What started as a simple backyard shed turned into an impressive mushroom harvest. Explore the setup, growing methods, and practical insights behind producing hundreds of pounds in a compact space.

Editor's note: This is the second and final part of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's report on the state of farming in the region. The number of farms in Northwest Arkansas is rising even as ...