When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...

Across the United States, small farms are vanishing at an alarming rate. Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms declined by about 140,000, a 7% drop, according to the USDA’s 2022 Census of ...

Recent data from the US Department of Agriculture demonstrates the important role small farms play in our food system. Mike Davis has more. Davis: Small farms are often at the center of the discussion ...

Local food banks are about to lose a key source of fresh, local produce after the Department of Agriculture ended the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program or LFPA. The program ...

Lawmakers return from their long summer recess to growing prospects for a government shutdown, and policy makers will get a fresh look this week at the state of the increasingly fragile U.S. farm ...

A small, wealthy minority controls a disproportionate share of farm income, while the political narrative continues to be framed as if all farmers need to be tax-exempted Advances in digital ...