NEWPORT, Va. (WDBJ) - A couple in Newport is preparing to launch an app they say will help small-scale farmers like themselves by making it easier to sell products directly to consumers. The Red Hen ...

NEWPORT, Va. – Farms across the country are closing at an alarming rate, with experts estimating that about 2,000 acres of farmland cease operations each year. The Blue Horn, like many others in the ...

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, ...

The Netherlands looks tiny on a world map, yet it reshaped farming through science, teamwork, and careful use of space and water. This transformation did not rely on money talk or trade figures. It ...

Ben Wagner may be a dairy farmer, but that job description is woefully incomplete. He’s also an accountant, squaring the numbers for his central Minnesota farm by hand; a herder, rotating 75 cows ...

Shae, left, and Anna Pesek pose with calves on their Over the Moon farm in Iowa. The farm was one of thousands benefiting from a local food program recently cut by the Trump administration. (Helaina ...

On a recent Friday morning, surrounded by rows of corn, squash, beans, and colorful hints of sunflowers, zinnias and cosmos, Héktor Calderon-Victoria surveys the land he cultivated for the past three ...

When I was growing up, my mother always told me two things: never give up, and never take no for an answer. I rely on that advice every day. There is no better example of this than the state block ...

Small farmers across the U.S. are suffering as government shutdown drags on The ongoing government shutdown is hurting many ...