COLUMBUS, Ohio - This summer, Ohioans can find fresh, locally grown food by using their computer or smartphone. The Good Earth Guide is a searchable, online directory that connects consumers to growers and food producers in their own communities. Maplestar Farm in Geauga County has been featured f ...Read More

BISMARCK, N.D. - America's agriculture industry contributes a relatively small amount of this country's greenhouse gases, but experts say various techniques that are growing in use can take a proactive approach to the issue - and farmers could play a key role in altering the path of climate change. ...Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio - All those who have ever wanted to see how their food is produced can get a sneak peek in Ohio this summer. Over a two dozen sustainable and organic farms are being featured as part of a farm tour series. According to Lauren Ketchum, communications coordinator for the Ohio Ecologic ...Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa - One of the biggest expenses for Iowa farmers is the fertilizer they apply to their cropland. And sometimes, that fertilizer barely stays put where it belongs before heavy rains, like we had this weekend, wash it into rivers and downstream to the Mississippi River. It ends up in th ...Read More

LANSING, Mich. - The U.S. House Agriculture Committee sent a new federal Farm bill to the full House on Wednesday night. The bill includes provisions to encourage more young people to consider farming as a career. The average age of the American farmer is 57, and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher ...Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio - As Congress works this week on a new Farm Bill, Ohio farmers say policy changes are needed to support practices that improve public health, spur the rural economy and enhance natural resources. Programs they say are critical to the success of sustainable farming could be cut, inclu ...Read More

BALDWIN, Wis. - Loren Smeester manages a herd of 200 bison on 400 acres of grazing land near Baldwin in St. Croix County. According to Smeester, the state Ag Department's Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative has been a tremendous help to his operation, and he hopes money for the program will be ke ...Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California farmers are asking Congress for an organic "boost." Last year's national Farm Bill extension failed to include funding for a program that helps organic farmers offset the cost of getting certified. According to Tom Page, a farmer from Ramona who is vice president of ...Read More