Farmer Stories

A garden of sustainability

Wildrose Farm is bursting with a diversity of flora and fauna, thanks to the careful planting locations and management of a couple dedicated to keeping the land healthy.

By Deborah Hyk

Young farmer couple and established landowner explore innovative land access with trust, hard work and patience in Old Virginia

They wanted to farm. He wanted young farmers on his land. So they—and their lawyers—worked out an agreement tailored to their needs now and going forward.

By Rachel Bynum and Eric Plaksin

Fighting for the future of our family farm

Young farming couple challenges standard-practice eminent-domain laws and asks for community support.

By Pablo Elliott

The right web-based mailing program frees farmers to farm, allows shareholders to pitch in with CSA communications

CSA coordinator explains how PHPlist has saved her farm enough
to fund low-income shares and micro-loans for new greenhouses.

By Anna Barnes, Prairieland CSA Coordinator, CSA-L Moderator

Fertile Ground

Reviving a much-cited, little-read sustainable-ag
masterpiece by Sir Albert Howard.

By Tom Philpott
Posted March 15, 2007

Agro-ecological and micro-enterprise training transforms lives of Mexican subsistence farmers and field laborers

A nonprofit founded by two Canadian women creates a thriving local food system that joins expatriate community and local producers.

By John P. Lintz

From the Garden State to the Sunshine State

CASE STUDY: Transitioning to organic
Rosie's Organic Farm/Plowshares CSA

Meeting in the middle

REVIEW: Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature


Meeting in the middle

Going (well) against the grain, emmer and all

New farmers choose remote fields to pioneer organic,
then direct-sale grain crops.

By Zachary D. Lyons

Continuing a lifetime of innovation, Alberta couple pioneers organic fruit wine enterprise

Fermentation of indigenous crops, hardy apples and even alfalfa add sparkling value to crops.

By Pamela Irving

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