Category Family Farms

Family Farms, Organic

Iconic Maine Organic Farm Returns to its Solar Roots with REAP

Wood Prairie Farm organic potato crew hard at work

Founded by Megan and Jim Gerritsen in 1976, the farm has been grappling with rising energy costs in recent years Wood Prairie Family Far (WPFF) is in the far northern town of Bridgewater, Maine, near the Canadian border. The farm is best…

Family Farms, Rural America, Rural Decline

WA is losing farms and food-producing land. Does anyone care?

Source: The Seattle Times | April 15, 2024 | Opinion | by Pam Lewison The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released data from the U.S. Census of Agriculture and the numbers are shocking. Between 2017 and 2022, our state lost 3,717 farms and…