small farms

Cali Osborne, Executive Director of the Cascade Community Markets, explains why Cashmere and Leavenworth have morning markets on the weekend despite being only 12 miles apart.

Building upon the inaugural farmers First Round table at USDA headquarters in May and subsequent meetings with Ag producers around the country throughout the month, Ag Secretary Brook Rollins announced the "Small Farmer Family Farmer First initiative...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins released a set of policy proposals under her newly launched Make Agriculture Great Again Initiative.  Her initial proposals are a comprehensive set of policy solutions aimed at improving the variability and longevity of smaller-scale family farms for generations to come.  ...

University of Idaho Extension is accepting in-state applications for two USDA grants supporting post-production work by small- and mid-sized food and farm businesses.  Business Builder grants are offered through the Northwest and Rocky Mountain Food Business Center designed for business, market and supply-chain development projects aimed at “increasing business viability, developing regional marke

According to ERS’s most recent America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance report, most American farms, 86% are small family operations.  These farms operate on 41% of U.S. agricultural land and account for 17% of the total value of American production.  Large-scale family ...

It’s only been a year since Chris Hamp was elected President of the National Grange, but in that time, she’s worked hard to share with the farming community why the Grange is important in the 21st century.  Hamp noted that the Grange is there to encourage children, and young adults to be individuals and advocate for themselves.   “Long before...

Canada is moving closer to a grocery industry Code of Conduct.  It’s an attempt to level the playing field for fresh produce farmers, food manufacturers, and for independent grocers.  Canadian consumers have very few choices in where they buy their groceries.   Recent...

Last month, Washington representative Kim Schrier introduced the Farmers Feeding Families Act of 2022.  The central Washington democrat said the legislation will support small and medium sized farmers and producers by making fresh, healthy, locally grown food more available to families in need.  She add...

Land O’ Lakes is celebrating National Farmers Day by raising consumer awareness of the critical role that farmers play in society by launching the “State of the American Farmer” survey.  The survey revealed some of the misconceptions that Americans have about the state of farming.   On average, Americ...

Last week, the Department of Agriculture announced a $2.2 million award to 16 organizations to educate historically underserved producers, small-scale farmers and others.  The award from USDA's Risk Management Agency funds farm risk management and climate-smart farm practices.  US...