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 ...

If you want to start a small farm business, you may be wondering what step to take first. You might not even have land yet, but you are still thinking and planning for the time when you will make your ...

2018 is the Year of the Tractor at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and this 1918 Waterloo Boy, one of the first tractors with a combustion engine, just went on exhibit.

Follow one farmer’s advice for starting a small farm business that fulfills your passion for farming and turns a profit at the same time. It seems that more and more people share the dream of starting ...

An enterprise that has long existed but has become less common is farming. Although farming was once primarily an activity to sustain the farmer and his family, farming can be a money-making ...

The Department of Crop Sciences’ Small Farm Certificate Program is celebrating its inaugural year and first graduate, Lia Basden.

Looking to expand? Consider these small farm ideas to tap into new markets and create additional income. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Starting a farm, or expanding one, even a small one, is not a cheap feat. Whether you need a swine farming grant or money to expand a fruit orchard, small-scale farmers can apply for grants and ...

For new farmers, finding money to pay for those resources can be difficult, even impossible. Overall, farmers have far fewer lending options available to them compared to a brick and mortar business, ...

One small farmer is rallying his community and seeking more federal and state support for small agriculture. So, if you see a tractor on the road this week, it belongs to William Dellacamera of ...

A small working farm that is open to the public is tied up in a legal battle with Upper Makefield Township to stay in operation. For nearly nine months, the owners of Earth’s Best Organics farm, Rosie ...

Small fruit and vegetable stores tend to stock their shelves with produce from their farms and from other local farmers. They may also offer an assortment of baked goods, canned fruits and vegetables, ...