These Gardens Started When Travel Slowed. Now, They’re Spurring Tourism.
When COVID caused a shutdown of travel to Costa Rica, many in the tourism sector found themselves out of work, and a local non-profit helped them turn to farming to fill the gaps. Now, those successful farms are stimulating tourism in the country.
Farmworkers in Canada Hack Menus and Protest for Better Labor Conditions
Migrant farm workers are pushing for improved working conditions and permanent residency.
California Farms and Farmworkers Attempt to Recover From Record Floods
While the state assesses agricultural damage from a historic deluge, official tallies may overlook an important segment of the industry.
This Teen Farmer Turned a 4-H Project Into a Startup Business
Matias Habib created a bio-pesticide, won an award from 4-H and built a small business—and he’s not even finished high school.
Is There Such Thing as Good Meat?
In her new book, journalist Chloe Sorvino exposes the monopolies, environmental destruction and human cost woven into the meat industry today and asks: Is there a better way?
For Young Farmers, Land Access Will Make or Break the 2023 Farm Bill
As the upcoming farm bill takes shape, advocacy groups are pushing for what they want. For young farmers, it comes down to acreage.
The Country’s First Hmong-Owned and -Operated Farm
Sixteen families from the Hmong American Farmers Association recently purchased 155 acres of farmland in Minnesota.
The Winery Garden That Feeds Migrant Vineyard Workers
At Somerston Estate in Napa Valley, a half-acre plot is devoted to growing fruits and vegetables for its immigrant farmworkers.
This Bill Could Help Alleviate Agriculture’s Labor Shortage
States and agricultural associations are calling on the US Senate to pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which would provide important updates to the H-2A temporary workers program on which the industry has come to rely.
