Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...

The United States' fruit and vegetable production, as well as the number of farms in the country, has been declining for decades while it increasingly relies on other countries to fill in the gap, ...

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 ...

Over the past few decades, fruit and vegetable production as well as the number of farms producing them are on a decline in the U.S. At the same time, the U.S. is prioritizing commodities like corn ...

Some gardeners are now growing vegetables in stackable towers indoors, and vertical farming is increasingly moving from ...

If you’ve ever planted a vegetable garden, you know the kind of work it takes. From preparing the soil, to planting the seeds, watering the plants and harvesting the crops, a lot of effort goes into ...