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Who Will Take Over the Family Farm? We Want to Hear From...

What’s to become of the family farm? As America’s farming population gets older, an increasing... (more)

Modern Farmer
March 13, 2023
Why This Company Says the Popular H-2A Visa is Overdue for a...

In parts of rural Mexico, there’s a visa that farmworkers treat like gold—yet nobody knows... (more)

Naoki Nitta
February 15, 2023
The Rise of Virtual Farmers Markets

When Eat Local Sudbury Co-op closed back in 2018, Chantal Lewington and a group of... (more)

Leah Borts-Kuperman
January 31, 2023
California Farms and Farmworkers Attempt to Recover From Record Floods

For Manuel, an orchard worker in California, this should normally be a busy time of... (more)

Naoki Nitta
January 24, 2023
A New Egg Co-operative Has Hatched in the Western U.S.

It doesn’t always pay to be an egg farmer—just ask Cliff Lillywhite.  The owner and... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
January 17, 2023
For Young Farmers, Land Access Will Make or Break the 2023 Farm...

The average age of American farmers is roughly 58 years old, and it has been... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
November 21, 2022
In New Book, Relationship Between US Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers Laid...

In Milked, journalist Ruth Conniff explores how American reliance on Mexican labor has bonded two... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
July 12, 2022
Meet the Farmer Pushing for a Guaranteed Basic Income for Agricultural Workers

As California’s water crisis worsens, farmer and activist Mai Nguyen is calling on the state... (more)

Alexandra Jones
June 7, 2022
Vineyards Grapple With How to Best Keep Their Workers Safe

As the West learns to live with the constant threat of extreme heat and wildfire,... (more)

Elisabeth Sherman
May 2, 2022
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