It must be noted that integrated aquaculture systems that provide ecological benefits and sustain ecosystem outcomes are not new. On the...

“Fish of Lake Ontario” is a collage piece that is a reference to the local, natural ecology of Lake Ontario. Each of the fish in the...

By Elizabeth Gabriel People feel connected to NOFA because of our shared love of the land and farming and because we’ve gotten to know...

By Brittany Peachey Imagine you’ve been tasked with developing a fish farm on a distant planet.  The conditions outside your biosphere...

When the world wearies and ceases to satisfy          there is always the garden.  ~author unknown By Cynthia Liepmann You bring me to my...

By Donn Hewes    Draft animal power will be the theme of The Natural Farmer's  Spring 2025 issue ,  and I want to introduce the topic...

By Ed Geis Most farmers understand you can grow the most beautiful crops in the world, but unless there’s a market for them, profits are...

By Annie Sholar Note: all photo credits: Seeds of Solidarity/Deb Habib Seeds of Solidarity began over 25 years ago with a mission to...

By Will Brinton Organic farming is grounded in the principle and reality of a vibrant, living earth supporting healthy plant-animal-human...

By Donald Sutherland  One day, at the farmers market in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, a mother of two boys approached my wife at our farm...

Amanda David is an active community member, healer, grower, mother, teacher and a longtime friend of NOFA.  She and Mandana Boushee  have...

By Scott Chaskey This essay has been adapted from Chapter 9 of Soil and Spirit, published by Milkweed Editions in May 2023 and reprinted...

By Holly Hartigan A Cornell plant breeder has developed an unusual tomato – with yellow flesh and an oblong shape that prompted its fans...

By Masha Vernik and Spencer Roberts What is a Jewish seed? This question sparked the Jewish Seed Project , a project of the Jewish Farmer...

By Dina Brewster  and Sefra Alexandra In early winter, the witch hazel outside my front door puts on a wild show of yellow blossoms,...

By Tatiana Schreiber This past year, Rich Earth Institute  in Brattleboro, Vermont, partnered with Gedakina , based in Essex, Vermont, to...

By Elizabeth Gabriel Foods like grits, made from corn, offer a connection to the plants enslaved people of African descent used to...

By Mary Nelen and Elizabeth Gabriel “There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and...

by david fried Editor’s note: this author prefers to use lower case type font . standing today in our local apothecary shop, "grain...

By Liz Gabriel Peter Treiber Junior and Peter Treiber Senior started their farm - Treiber Farms - in 2014.  Once Peter Senior retired...