Cradling a bucket of freshly picked basil, Laura Seleski referenced a common refrain among farmers: It takes a lot of calories to produce the calories people consume. After five years growing produce ...

Whether you are a farmer, gardener, or eater, OEFFA’s farm tours offer something for you,” said OEFFA Executive Director ...

Organic dairy farmers are taking their concerns over federal milk pricing to court, seeking exemption from the Federal Milk Marketing Order system and compensation for payments they say were wrongly ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Organic food once was viewed as a niche category for health nuts and hippies, but today ...

SKANEATELES, N.Y. — Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. “I love the ones with the pink noses,” he says. This pink-nosed animal is just one of about 3,200 cattle at Twin Birch Dairy in ...

Twenty-two years ago, when the US Department of Agriculture finalized the standards for its National Organic Program, produce breeders went back to the drawing board. There was little organically ...

Selina Rooney and her father, David Rooney, in the barn on their Morristown dairy farm, March 14, 2022. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger Last week, Selina Rooney learned that her family farm won’t be ...

Twelve years ago, rice breeders with Lundberg Family Farms crossed two rice plant “parents” in hopes of cultivating a better black pearl rice plant. After growing generations and generations of ...

How one family’s dairy farm evolved through organic and regenerative practices — and why stewardship still guides each decision.

The Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement (MVILR), in conjunction with Mohawk Valley Community College, welcomed ...