Have you ever wondered how a person becomes a small-scale farmer?There are no college courses you can take on how to start a farm business (Emily went to school for four years at a prestigious agriculture school and no such course was available). There are no trade schools. There is...

Do you ever feel like you lack community or a sense of belonging? You have your base community of friends, family (if you’re lucky enough to live close to them) and co-workers. Perhaps you’re even a part of a club or weekend sports team, but how many people do you...

This is an article I came across by Mother Jones about the lack of federal protect for farmworkers in US Agriculture. It starts with this story:“Last June, as a record-breaking heatwave baked Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Sebastian Francisco Perez was moving irrigation lines at a large plant nursery in 104-degree-heat. When...

Have you seen a Monarch butterfly this year? I'm sad to say I have not seen a single one. And I'm feeling anxious because I wonder "will I ever see a monarch again?" Over the past two decades, their numbers have fallen significantly. So much so that they have officially...