NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Driving down 21st Street in the Marshall neighborhood of Newport News, there are a few things you'll notice. A "business open" sign sits half broken and on its side, some buildings ...
Something quietly radical is happening at the edges of American cities. Where golf courses once stretched across manicured, mostly unused acres, rows of heirloom tomatoes and citrus groves are taking ...
At a time when small-scale farmers are navigating rising costs and shifting growing conditions, Purdue University is ...
In an e-mail exchange, Babylon Micro-Farms CEO Alexander Oleson tells me “we’ll have these in every school and apartment one day.” It’s a nice vision, and really the level of belief/commitment ...
TULSA, Okla. — A continued effort to tackle Tulsa food insecurity is being reimagined by high schoolers through a Food on the Move internship. This program started as an 8 th-grade elective class at ...
Smallholders, homesteaders, hobby farmers, and other small-scale growers can use regenerative farming techniques to ensure growing sustainably for years to come. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a ...
I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...
Let me start this journey with my feet on my farm. When people visit it, I notice three main responses. One is an unbidden enthusiasm for the rural paradise we’ve created, the beauty of the place, and ...
A micro-farm in the heart of Milwaukee's central city is planning an expansion to bring more fresh produce to one of the city's poorest neighborhoods − while also training people for urban ...
It’s a farm inside a kitchen. Carl Lasley harvested basil plants, using scissors to carefully snip the aromatic herb, trimming some and completely harvesting others. The lush, richly green plants were ...
Meet Drew & Stephanie, who have lived in a 300 sqft tiny house for 6 years and are now debt-free. They've obtained a zoning variance to live legally on their own 1/8 acre residential lot in ...