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Martice Scales and Amy Kroll rent a small farm and plan to buy it in a few years with help from American Farmland Trust’s ...

When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...

Local food banks are about to lose a key source of fresh, local produce after the Department of Agriculture ended the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program or LFPA. The program ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shae, left, and Anna Pesek pose with calves on their Over the Moon farm in Iowa. The farm was one of thousands benefiting from a ...

Green Wagon Farm plans to grow 500 pounds of greens a week for food banks this summer. But after a federal grant program ends later this year, the 18-acre, family-owned farm in West Michigan will have ...