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 ...

Deana Wojcik started out growing mushrooms in an east-side Detroit apartment's closet, but this week she expects to harvest more than 200 pounds in a lofty warehouse. As its harvests grow, The ...

It happened slowly. Mary Carrion always loved knitting so she learned how to spin yarn. She liked the spinning so she bought a couple of sheep. Then, she added ...

With the increasing number of people entering the food movement and selling produce and craft foods, determining if one qualifies as a farm is important to understand. The term “farm” includes stock, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia is for lovers and for hobby farmers, ranking as the 3rd-best U.S. state for casual farming in a study from Lawn Love. The Commonwealth came out on top in Lawn Love’s ...

ZEELAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Nestled near the front of a Zeeland-area subdivision, across the street from a few manufacturing and logistics plants and less than a mile east of the Ford Freeway ...

ROCHESTER — With the price of conventionally farmed eggs skyrocketing over the past two months nationwide, interest has grown for farm-fresh eggs from local hobby farmers and small flock operations.