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 ...
extension.purdue.edu

Focus on Small-Scale Vegetable Farming: Field Demonstrations Build Capacity for Use of Cover Crops, Reduced Tillage

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 ...
Civil Eats

JM Fortier Wants to Help More Small-Scale Farmers Grow Vegetables in Winter

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. On a recent ...
AgWeb

4 Strategies One Oklahoma Family Farm Uses to Thrive

Claudia and Ricky Crow, owners of Crows Vegetable Farm in Shawnee, Oklahoma share how conservation programs and diversification can foster ecological and economic resilience on small, ...
Civil Eats

Farm Stops Create New Markets for Small Farms

At Argus Farm Stop, the shelves are full of locally raised vegetables and fruit, herbs, beef, chicken, fish, and more. Beets from one local farm snuggle up against sunchokes from another, across eggs ...
extension.purdue.edu

Indiana Small Farm Conference will feature speakers, trade show for small and diversified farmers

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The 2025 Indiana Small Farm Conference will take place at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds on March 4-5. The conference, hosted by Purdue Extension, serves as an annual ...
LancasterOnline

Farmers report extreme weather affecting vegetable farming

The farm infrastructure has also changed. Sheehan now spends time protecting the crops with high tunnels, row covers and windbreaks. They place tarps over small areas as well as create drainage ...