Starting with the 2026 Spring Season , every new Back to the Roots seed packet will feature a call-to-action for the "Meet Your Farmer" campaign, directing gardeners to an immersive digital experience ...

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Prairie du Rocher, Ill. – On a cold winter day in Illinois, three little pigs are resting in a three-sided shed. They have plenty of space to trot around, as they do when Jennifer Duensing approaches.

Even though organic farming makes up less than one percent of US farmland, it’s still a multi-billion-dollar industry. Becoming certified organic, however, is not an overnight process for farmers.

BEING NEGOTIATED RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON. ONE ROW, I GOT THREE AND A HALF BIG TOTES OF ARUGULA OUT OF IT. IF ORGANIC FARMERS WEREN’T SO BUSY WORKING, THEY’D HAVE MORE TIME TO BE OUTRAGED. THE LAST ...

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 ...

Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found a surprising effect as their acreage grew: Nearby conventional ...

Certified Naturally Grown offers farmers a cheaper and less time-consuming option to communicate how they produce their food. But terms like “natural” on food labels can be confusing for consumers.