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The World Could Lose Half of all Farms by 2100

A study from researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder predicts that the number of... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
July 27, 2023
In Becoming a Farmer, I Found Community and Unearthed My Trans Joy 

Earlier this year, I put a call out for help preparing my farm for spring.... (more)

Sage Agee
July 21, 2023
Sweet Corn on a Decades-Long Decline

Sweet corn destined for the freezer or the canned food aisle has been steadily decreasing... (more)

Lena Beck
July 20, 2023
Turning Empty Offices Into Vertical Farms

In an old paper company and warehouse building, machines are whirring again. But instead of... (more)

Ciara O'Brien
July 4, 2023
The Hot and Cold of Growing Olives in Canada

It was early December 2016, and the first real cold of the season was descending... (more)

Jennifer Cole
May 29, 2023
Meet the Entrepreneur Bringing Organic Farming to Urban Real Estate

Alexandre Ferrari-Roy, founder and CEO of the urban agriculture firm MicroHabitat, isn’t looking to squat... (more)

Brittany Hopkins
April 28, 2023
Meet the Refugee Homesteaders Cultivating Backyards for Food Justice

Ibado Mahmud lives in a typical house in an Arizona development, and from the front,... (more)

Callie Radke Stevens
April 13, 2023
Meet the Indigenous Engineer Upcycling Tequila Waste into Sustainable Housing

Oaxacan engineer Martha Jimenez Cardoso comes from a farming family. “For us, corn is like... (more)

Gia Mora
April 5, 2023
Meet the Hawai’i Farmer Turning Island Waste into a Composting Community

In 2007, Emiko Chantal Chung was asked to help plan a multi-million-dollar civic center on... (more)

Libby Leonard
March 30, 2023