As precision ag tech becomes more user-friendly and available, small-scale farms — where labor, money, and resources are limited — can leverage them.
Grow enough food to feed a family of four for a year on 1/20th of an acre? Doing the math, it turns out it would be impossible from a caloric standpoint.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack underscored the Biden administration’s vision and efforts to create an economy where the wealth and opportunities created in rural America stay there.
The USDA’s Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops program will assist specialty producers with expenses related to complying with regulations and food safety certification. Producers can apply for assistance beginning June 27, 2022, with costs incurred after June 21, 2022. Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that up to $200 million in assistance will be available […]
The USDA announced today an $11.5 million research investment to help ensure America’s small and medium-sized farms become more profitable.
The farmers’ markets of agriculture-rich, Southern Maryland are like many across the nation: powered by small and medium-sized family-owned farms and growers.
A Cornell study finds that when small-scale farmers develop a farm food safety plan, new markets open up to them, leading to an overall gain in revenue.
The FruitGuys Community Fund provides grants to small farms for sustainability projects that have a large positive impact on the environment.