At dawn in a village field, a farmer bends to the soil and runs it through his fingers. It is dark, soft, alive. There is no smell of chemicals, no white residue on the leaves. What grows here is not ...

Every Saturday, farmer Liz Graznak and her staff begin their day before dawn, loading a trailer full of organic produce, eggs and flowers. They pull out of Happy Hollow Farm in Jamestown at around 5 a ...

Horticulure professor and chair Ajay Nair plants bell peppers at the Alliant Energy Solar Farm at Iowa State University in June 2024. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – ...

Beginning farmers will be eligible for financial planning and technical assistance under new U.S. Department of Agriculture projects delivered through the University of Wisconsin System, the Michael ...

Vertical farming has boomed and busted within a decade. We explore why many pioneers failed, why 80 Acres Farms survived, and ...

After recently returning to the family farm, Joanna Larson, of Sheyenne, aims to supply fresh-cut flowers and produce to regional florists and the local farmers market and help regenerate the local ...