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, ...

Many farmers are well aware that organic farming is a good thing to do. But knowing that something is right and actually implementing it fully are two very different things. Many farmers, even those ...

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 ...

Small farms may get a lot of business in big city farmer’s markets, but they still struggle; it’s hard to compete against the massive industrial farms that supply much of the food we find in ...

“By the time he collected his calcium and his corn and his soybean meal and all the different ingredients and brought it back to the farm and mixed it up and put it out for his birds – it would be ...

CINCINNATI -- As Americans hunt for more ways to eat local and go green, U.S. farmers have been getting grayer. The average farmer’s age -- now 58 -- is almost the oldest of any U.S. job and 17 years ...