A book excerpt from Grass-Fed Beef for a Post-Pandemic World: How Regenerative Grazing Can Restore Soils and Stabilize the Climate By...

Growing plastic pollution and profits for multinational corporations was not the intention of Vermont's Universal Recycling Law By Grace...

By Obiora Embry Obiora Embry and his siblings were born to Afrocentric, artistic/creative, intelligent, forward-thinking, family- and...

By Stephen Leslie I recently had the honor and privilege to represent Nofa-Vt at the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) DC Fly-in that...

Report on the Recent NFFC Fly-in from Sarah Gilliatt Having just participated in the (NFFC) 2023 Fly-in to Washington, DC between...

By Jim Riddle The fundamental concepts of organic farming have always been, “Feed the Soil, not the Plant,” and “Healthy Soil leads to...

By Adjoa Kittoe Water and farming are inextricably linked, and access to a reliable supply of water is essential for food production and...

By Devin Cornia By now, many of us have likely seen or heard the phrase “No Farms, No Food." It’s simple, true, and in just four words,...

By Crystal Stewart Courtens Here we are, our garlic crop is all tucked into the ground while we rest for the winter and eagerly await...

By Rema Boscov Spring planting time. Four people wait to take their seats on the newly adapted water-wheel transplanter. In their...

By Elizabeth Gabriel It’s been a balmy winter in upstate New York and worries about the sap season (not to mention the general longevity...

by Elizabeth Henderson, guest editor In this issue of TNF, we focus on concentration in the food system. As the cover image chart shows,...

BY PHIL HOWARD As you know, there's a tendency in many industries to move away from markets characterized by many small firms towards...

BY MICHAEL SLIGH Farmers’ Rights in the international area is used as shorthand for the hard-fought rights to save, share and sell seeds...

by George Naylor Once again, so many groups are focused on the “Farm Bill”, the key piece of legislation that could possibly put some...

BY EDITH COUCHMAN There is a general consensus among informed observers that industrialized, large-scale, corporate interests have...

Letter from the Editor As you may know, this issue on Farmer Stress & Wellbeing was supposed to be published in September 2022. I’m not...

By Christa Núñez Ecological Gardening & Knowledge Sharing Have you ever been out working in your fields or kitchen garden and been...

By Ann Adams As we near the end of 2020, we find our world vastly changed from how the year began. If someone had told me that most...

By Becca Toms As you drive down the long driveway to reach Daigle Farm in Brooklyn, you may see deer pausing by the property's pond after...