Civil eats: Ag Census - Female Farmers are Coming into Their Own
April 16, 2019
New data shows more than a third of all U.S. producers are women, and many are supporting each other through in-person connections…Read More
Economic Returns to Farming for U.S. Farm Households
March 2019
This study by the USDA was actually published in August 2018 but is still a timely publication that sheds important light on the finances of U.S. farm households. Download Report Here.
Post Carbon Institute: The future is rural - Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification
February 19, 2019
The Future is Rural challenges the conventional wisdom about the future of food in our modern, globalized world. It is a much-needed reality check that explains why certain trends we take for granted–like the decline of rural areas and the dependence of farming and the food system on fossil fuels–are historical anomalies that will reverse over the coming decades…Read More
In Good Tilth Magazine: How Non-Profits Can Support Farm Viability
February 11, 2019
The support small farms get can make the difference between survival and demise. Institutions and nonprofits are moving in to help farmers build viable and resilient farms, as the philanthropic community has begun to appreciate the importance of small and midsize farms to the food system, the environment and rural communities… Read More
Organic Consumers Association: The Green New Deal Is Here. And It’s Great for Food & Farming
February 7, 2019
Today Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced the official Green New Deal (GND) Resolution, in the U.S. House and Senate…Read More
Civil Eats: A Green New Deal Must Include Food and Farming
January 30, 2019
Congressman Earl Blumenauer is calling for solid, lasting bonds between the climate justice movement and the movement to reform the food system…Read More
Civil Eats: The Ongoing Impact of Racism on the U.S. Farming Landscape
January 25, 2019
Despite some progress in diversity and racial justice in the U.S. as a whole, a professor argues that farming remains deeply segregated…Read More
The New York Times: The Farm Bill Ignores the Real Troubles of U.S. Agriculture
December 14, 2018
True farming reform means adjusting the system to support small and midsize producers and cultivating a more sustainable system of agriculture…Read More
Civil Eats: For a New Generation of Farmers, Accessing Land is the First Step Toward Tackling Consolidation
November 20, 2018
With the help of nonprofits and land trusts, young farmers are staking out the space to change the face of America’s farmland…Read More
New York Times opinion piece Featuring an interview with Wendell Berry
October 1, 2018
How we farm matters. For the past two centuries, America’s farms have expanded and homogenized, and farming equipment and chemicals have replaced personnel…Read More
Civil Eats: Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us
September 10, 2018
Joe Schroeder works as a farm advocate for Farm Aid, where he answers calls to the group’s farmer hotline. The calls, which are up 30 percent over last year, range from routine questions about navigating federal programs and exploring credit options to dire pleas for help from farmers who have run out of ways to keep their businesses solvent…Read More