By H.e. Haugenes I took an internship at a vegan animal sanctuary, thinking I could learn to raise animals in harmony with the land,...

By Emma Gonzalez Over the course of three seasons farming and all my years eating, I had never seen purple cauliflower. Apparently, the...

By Ben Goldberg A ruffed grouse began showing up at the job site. I'm doing renovations to a retreat cabin up in the hilly woods of...

By Steve Gabriel Our farm was first captured by the idea of tree fodder out of necessity. In 2016 our region of New York suffered a...

A natural, chemical-free approach to soil, biodiversity and managing pests and diseases.

Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement, by White, Monica M. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina...

The legacy begins with the soil

By Obiora Embry In March 2013 my life was changed for the better...I stepped onto the two acres of fallow grazing land to see in person...

By jason detzel Throughout most of the winter and early spring, I entertain a variety of phone calls requesting the use of some of my...

The Forgiveness of Nature: the Story of Grass, by author Graham Harvey. Reviewed by Stephen Shafer, TNF Summer 2022 This splendid book...

Farming For Our Future: The Science, Law, and Policy of Climate-Neutral Agriculture, authors: Peter H. Lehner and Nathan A. Rosenberg...

By ED MALTBY In August 2021, Danone North America, which owns the organic dairy brand Horizon Organic, notified 89 organic dairy farm...

By Maddie Kempner, NOFA-VT Policy Director Vermont is on the cusp of becoming one of the first states in the nation to compensate farmers...

TNF is committed to bringing attention to and generating an increased awareness of issues of race and inequality and how these have...

The story of a carrot & how our imaginations seed the world By Petra Page-Mann Don’t judge a book by its cover… …as the proverb reminds...

by Elizabeth Gabriel TNF: Tell us a little about yourself and how you got into the work you do now Anita: I’ve been farming for 12 years,...

By JOSEPH R. HECKMAN, Ph.D. Fertilizers are expensive and the current supply is limited. Farmers interested in sustainability are...

by Steve Gilman As a coda to the obituary for Samuel Kaymen, I feel so grateful that our Founder was with us for last year’s 50th...

By Kevin Cody and Olivia Richards “I probably would have started my own farm business without New Entry, but certainly not when I did....

By Chris Brown, Development Director at ALBA, chris@albafarmers.org Since 1950, more than a quarter-billion acres of farmland were lost...