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At the Iowa State Fair, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced they are proposing an EPA DEF fix promising millions in ...
This change will let operators fix issues without their equipment shutting down, write the EPA's Lee Zeldin and the SBA's ...
The federally funded Local Food Purchase Assistance and the Local Food for Schools programs, both begun during the pandemic, focused on small, local farms in aims of building stronger domestic ...
On the surface, it is easy to blame large farms for the industry’s problems. However, in 2017, 96% of farms in the U.S. were still family-owned. The largest 4% of farms owned 58% of total farmland, ...
At a greenhouse in Mesa, Arizona, nine-foot towers of tomatoes and cucumbers and other assorted vegetables reach skyward, bathed in diffused natural light. “We can grow 10 times the food using ...
It's called USDA Rural Development, and the turmoil it faces may erode a major source of federal aid for small towns and farms. Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports.
Red Hen app aims to support small farms 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 ...