A new program at the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming attempts to bring grains back to the center of the local food system The Glynwood Center’s Grains and Staples program incentivizes ...

The University of Maine is assisting in research funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help bolster the small grains industry. Cornell University is leading the research which ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — About a dozen farmers huddled under a blue tent at Lawler Farm for the June 17 University of Minnesota Extension small grain summer plot tour, as the last of a line of storms ...

Just a Few Acres Farm in Lansing, NY has nearly 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, where seventh-generation farmer Pete Larson posts videos with titles like “The basics of cutting hay” and “Playing in ...

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From 9 to 5, Terry Ellis works as an engineer for defense contractor Northrop-Grumman in San Diego. At night, and on weekends, he’s a serious sourdough bread baker—and an aspiring grain farmer. Expand ...

When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...