After a father’s untimely death with no succession plan, the challenge for his son intensified to keep the family farm in Bedford County, Virginia, running.
The message is clear: “Big ag” companies are serious about being good corporate citizens.
Natalia Derevianko wasn’t always an American farmer. The Ukrainian native came to the U.S. when she was only 12 years old and had to learn the culture and language from scratch. She’s a friend whom I met in Chicago about 12 years ago when we both lived there in our 20s. Both big-city girls with […]
The Environmental Defense Fund advocates for sustainable agriculture, and have three major initiatives in the food industry they are working towards.
Archer Acre is Archer Malmo’s very own farm nestled inside a 1,000-acre agricultural center located a stone’s throw away from the office.
“Cultivators of the earth are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and its liberty by the most lasting bands.” — Thomas Jefferson. Whether it’s Fourth of July, Veterans Day, or just another day where we live and breathe free, it is noteworthy to reflect on […]
Fourth-generation farmer Justin Long speaks in raw and honest terms about the needs in life, from food to medicine to law enforcement. This is one of Growing America‘s most-watched videos. Long talks about his family’s history producing cattle and some of the issues that he faces today. His hope is to pass the farm to […]
You put in all that work of studying in high school and planning to get to college, and soon the time to make the declaration of an ag major will be here.
Childish insults are used frequently on the internet, yet they do almost no good for ag communication or industry as a whole.
Food matters. There has never been a better time to share the story of modern agriculture. That’s why Dirt-to-Dinner is an amazing organization that’s working to do just that. The team — Lucy, Lisa, Hillary, and Haley — flew out to our Iowa farm last month to take a tour and learned all about how we […]
