BY GRACE GERSHUNY Land ownership is often considered to be integral to achieving the “American dream.” At the founding of this country,...

BY KATHY RUHF AND JIM HABANA HAFNER Many farmers are exploring ways to farm together. The idea of being and sharing with other farmers is...

BY MARY-HOWELL AND KLAAS MARTENS American agriculture has a serious problem. The average American grain farmer is in their 60’s, often...

BY KRISTINA VILLA The Agrarian Trust exists to raise awareness and address the crisis of exceedingly high land prices that puts land...

An interview with Erica Frenay, Co-owner Shelterbelt Farm BY ELIZABETH GABRIEL We know well that finding land is one of the biggest...

BY CAROLINE FANNING Twenty years ago, when my husband and I were apprentices in the Hudson Valley, the world of small-scale farms could...

BY MIKE RECHLIN, PH.D Harvesting sap to produce maple syrup is a historic farming activity in many areas of the Northeast and Appalachia....

BY ELIZABETH HENDERSON In the US, the ideal for most farmers is to have their own farm and to hold it as private property. With farmland...

BY DOUG HERTZLER Access to land has become the number one issue for aspiring young farmers in the United States, who come from many...

BY KAYLA DEVAULT In mid-March of 2017, New Zealand officially recognized the Whanganui River as a living entity with rights. The river,...

BY KYLE SEMMELL Life in Refugee Camps Although Abdullah “Abdi” Sundi’s family had farmed in Somalia for years, Abdi never learned how. In...

A plant-person companionship through research, recovery, and reimagining BY SOLVEIG HANSON This started as an article about beets. During...

BY CHARLES GEISLER I live on land in upstate New York awarded to Revolutionary War veteran, Izaac Doty, for his military service. I also...

BY NIKKI KOLB A cow is crossing the road. It’s mostly white with rusty spots and curvy horns, head high, at once regal and nervous as it...

BY JEN MILLER How many mature cows did you have as of January 1, 2020? Did you buy or sell any equipment in 2019? How much milk did you...

Visitors regularly pass through to learn about the regenerative techniques used to remove and store atmospheric carbon.

It goes without saying that agriculture in the Northeast is being affected by climate change, and Massachusetts farmers are no exception.