Seattle’s Black Farmers Collective Nurtures Communities and Crops
At Small Axe Farm, producers learn how to tend vegetables and grow their businesses.
In Fire-Stricken Maui, Sustainable Land Management Is Key
As the smoke clears from Maui’s deadly wildfires, experts point to productive agricultural land as a hedge against future disasters in Hawaii.
In the Midwest, a growing service brings local food to your doorstep, fortifying community farms in the process.
The Goldilocks Zone Needed to Keep Strawberry Fields Forever
As the effects of climate change become more pronounced, growers and researchers across North America are racing to keep field strawberries alive and well. Will their efforts be enough to keep consumers supplied with strawberries in the future?
Public awareness of the plight of the European honey bee overlooks thousands of native bees and their contributions to pollination.
‘A Silent Killer’: How Saltwater Intrusion is Overtaking Coastal Farmland in the US
As hurricanes get stronger, storm surges are bringing saltwater to farmland—and leaving salt there once waters evaporate.
In Alaska, Affordable Farms Are Hard to Find
Despite Alaska’s size, farmland is still out of reach for new farmers.
Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork
Community colleges are increasingly bringing hands-on food production into curricula in new and innovative ways.
Hungry and Seemingly Unstoppable: Grasshoppers Invade Canada’s Prairies
Thriving in the heat and dry conditions of a continuing drought, grasshoppers in southeastern Alberta are eating their way through farmers’ fields. Is there any stopping them?
