Today's "new farmer"

With a nod to Rodale’s New Farm magazine, John Ikerd, deep thinker and professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri, explains what it really means to be a “new farmer” in today’s uncertain times. Ikerd offers hope that honesty, integrity and a value for good land stewardship and human relationships over bottom-line profits might someday help sustain us all. And, he says, the opportunities for growth are limitless. Full story