By Donn Hewes    Draft animal power will be the theme of The Natural Farmer's  Spring 2025 issue ,  and I want to introduce the topic...

By Ed Geis Most farmers understand you can grow the most beautiful crops in the world, but unless there’s a market for them, profits are...

By Annie Sholar Note: all photo credits: Seeds of Solidarity/Deb Habib Seeds of Solidarity began over 25 years ago with a mission to...

By Will Brinton Organic farming is grounded in the principle and reality of a vibrant, living earth supporting healthy plant-animal-human...

By Donald Sutherland  One day, at the farmers market in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, a mother of two boys approached my wife at our farm...

Amanda David is an active community member, healer, grower, mother, teacher and a longtime friend of NOFA.  She and Mandana Boushee  have...

By Scott Chaskey This essay has been adapted from Chapter 9 of Soil and Spirit, published by Milkweed Editions in May 2023 and reprinted...

By Holly Hartigan A Cornell plant breeder has developed an unusual tomato – with yellow flesh and an oblong shape that prompted its fans...

By Masha Vernik and Spencer Roberts What is a Jewish seed? This question sparked the Jewish Seed Project , a project of the Jewish Farmer...

By Dina Brewster  and Sefra Alexandra In early winter, the witch hazel outside my front door puts on a wild show of yellow blossoms,...

By Tatiana Schreiber This past year, Rich Earth Institute  in Brattleboro, Vermont, partnered with Gedakina , based in Essex, Vermont, to...

By Elizabeth Gabriel Foods like grits, made from corn, offer a connection to the plants enslaved people of African descent used to...

By Mary Nelen and Elizabeth Gabriel “There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and...

by david fried Editor’s note: this author prefers to use lower case type font . standing today in our local apothecary shop, "grain...

By Liz Gabriel Peter Treiber Junior and Peter Treiber Senior started their farm - Treiber Farms - in 2014.  Once Peter Senior retired...

By Jon Magee As part of my technical assistance role at the Agricultural Justice Project, I frequently coach farmers on how to offer...

By Taylor E. Hartson In the Michigan August heat, Mika(1) and I find a cool, shady spot under the old tree in their front yard. Mika...

By Mike Roberts       Do you feel like you can never take a day off? Are you frustrated that everything seems to fall apart unless you’re...

By Jane Primerano MARKSBORO, NY – Even one of the nation's oldest and most established Community Supported Gardens is not immune to...

Making your farm’s food more accessible to your community is a free, no-brainer that feels great. By Lindsey Lusher Shute The process of...