In an increasingly uncertain world, breaking the cycle of hunger and malnutrition is more urgent than ever. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is leading these efforts by ...

Connie Klingenberg Vetter sought a way to preserve her grandparents’ small farm just west of Deer Park. She wanted it to be a place to show other rural landowners how to live on the land without ...

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 ...

The Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day proved that dedicated growers won’t let summer temperatures dampen their enthusiasm for learning. Despite the hot weather, 63 attendees gathered at the Purdue ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

National brands are betting big on small farmers. Food giants such as Chipotle and Sweetgreen have long emphasized close partnerships with small or local farmers, in many cases, due to corporate ...

The University of Minnesota Extension’s Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP) has a long history of investing ...

Small-scale famers the 'foundation of food security' - DP Mashatile Deputy President Paul Mashatile has detailed government’s ongoing interventions and programmes that are being implemented to ensure ...

Emerging farmers will gain access to practical farming knowledge, networking opportunities and potential buyers through the ...

Because small-scale farmers don't hold title to their land, banks will not advance them loans... so they have few options.