The feature-length documentary BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN AND THE FARM MIDWIVES tells the story of counterculture heroine Ina May Gaskin and her spirited friends, who began delivering each other’s babies in 1970, on a caravan of hippie school buses, headed to a patch of rural Tennessee land. With Ina May as their leader, the [...]
"I think more and more people in this country are wanting to know where their food is coming from."
Strategists are following the money to schools, corporate cafeterias, and hospitals in hopes of rebuilding local economies and bringing healthy food access—literally in through the back door.
People say we're "rich in other ways," but that doesn't fix the ugly fact that most farms are unsustainable
From our farms to grocery stores to dinner tables, one-third of the food we grow is lost or wasted. We can do better.
What's the difference between a doula, a midwife and an OB-GYN and what can they do for you and your baby? We break it down.
If the idea of handing over your farm or ranch to the next generation makes you nervous, you’re not alone. Most producers walk through a range of emotions, including anxiety
Numerous factors in play for this producer investment
The problem is, our labor is an asset like any other on the farm, and whether it’s a labor of love or a labor for profit, how we spend it has grave impacts on the course of our businesses, personal lives and the land we steward.
Whether you farm and sell your produce traditionally or you run a Community Supported Agriculture operation (CSA), starting a farm blog can be a great investment for your business. In a world where…
“I cannot imagine trying to farm in a country under siege.”
Learn how to price your farm products and set your farm on the path to profitability by using these seven numbers to help clarify your costs.
Farm children start working on the farm from a young age, but making sure they are taking on farm tasks they can handle can help prevent farm accidents.
Learn how to mindfully approach choosing and purchasing a ranch farm.
An expansion can give a farm a lot of advantages, but producers should ask these 10 questions before making a decision.
Learn about urban farming including how it differs from typical gardening and larger farms. Urban farming involves both plant and animal life.
Carving out time for family meetings gives the whole family an opportunity to address issues that affect the family and farm and, hopefully, resolve a few.
Work with a purpose. It takes many skilled and talented people doing many things right to successfully grow, harvest, sell and distribute potatoes and other ...
In time of need, people will be driven to eat just about anything. While mushrooms are widely accepted as a source of food, trying to consume them from wild sources can be very dangerous. On the other hand, starting your own mushroom farm now will give you a [...]
The Agricultural Data Coalition is asking for feedback on where you think farm data is headed in the next the five years.
In the course of an appraisal assignment, we have to have to research the subject property but also completely research all recent sales of similar property and compare them to the subject. This is a time consuming process that can only be correctly completed by trained professionals.