A veteran Army Ranger and his purpose-driven Georgia farm
Although Jon Jackson didn’t know anything about farming, after a decade of being challenged and intensely focused as an Army Ranger, he began Comfort Farms.
Although Jon Jackson didn’t know anything about farming, after a decade of being challenged and intensely focused as an Army Ranger, he began Comfort Farms.
Mirhonda Good didn’t know much about agriculture. She didn’t want to show livestock, and she didn’t come from an ag background, but FFA was what she needed.
As a leader in agriculture, Bader Rutter president and openly gay man David Jordan wants everyone to know it is OK to be who you are.
This ambassador for the Oklahoma Pork Council is upending pig farming stereotypes with young leadership Tre Smith is not a typical hog farmer. During a FaceTime call, the 22-year-old Black senior at Oklahoma State University wears a gray, long-sleeved Carhartt shirt. “Someone can be better than me,” Smith said, “but they’ll never be better than […]
Supporting Black-owned community gardens not only supports ourselves through learning about our food but also supports the closure of the racial wealth gap.
Soil, its health, or lack of it, its loss or regeneration, as in the past, is again at the center of global mass migrations, hunger, malnutrition, economic collapse, and climate change.
Chico, California-based Little Red Hen hires people with mental and physical disabilities in jobs that cater to their needs and give them valuable skills.
FarmerJawn operates 4,000 square feet of greenhouse space on five acres of land. This land will support nano farms to grow produce for a corner store.
I never imagined I would be a farmer. My relationship to food was simple: It came from a grocery store and my mom was a good cook. In 1985, I moved to a home in the Bronx with a big backyard, and I decided to grow tomatoes. To my surprise, those tomatoes changed my understanding […]
The Second Morrill Act of 1890 required the former Confederate states to establish Historically Black Land-Grant Universities.