There are 2,042,220 farms in the United States, down more than 3 percent from five years prior, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, which has just been released to the public. The census, which was delayed two months because of the government shutdown earlier this year, is used to inform […]

Consumers often see organic food as an effective way to reduce their environmental impact, but that doesn’t always play out that way.