Rural Economy Under Pressure: Farm Debt, Land Prices & Survival

The newest insights on farm debt, land prices, and rural survival struggles.

Hurricane Helene Relief Fund 2025: How $221 Million Will Rebuild North Carolina’s Small Farms

Hurricane Helene Relief Fund 2025: How $221 Million Will Rebuild North Carolina’s Small Farms

The USDA’s new Hurricane Helene Relief Fund delivers $221 million to help North Carolina farmers (especially small and regenerative ones) rebuild stronger after the storm.
Farm Income 2025: Why Falling Profits Threaten Local Farmers and the Regenerative Future

Farm Income 2025: Why Falling Profits Threaten Local Farmers and the Regenerative Future

Farm incomes are collapsing across the Midwest, leaving regenerative farmers struggling to invest, adapt, and keep rural economies alive.
Michigan Township Blocks Regenerative Farming Barn

Michigan Township Blocks Regenerative Farming Barn

Alaiedon Township halted a farmer’s barn for two cows, sparking a legal battle that exposes how zoning overreach threatens regenerative farming in Michigan.
Pesticide Drift Soil Impact in Utah: When Chemicals Cross the Fence

Pesticide Drift Soil Impact in Utah: When Chemicals Cross the Fence

Pesticide drift doesn’t just burn leaves — it can sterilize the soil beneath our feet. In Orem, Utah, a permaculture garden built over 40 years was nearly destroyed when a neighbor’s herbicide spray crossed the...
Can Solar and Farming Work Together? Iowa State’s Agrivoltaics Thinks So

Can Solar and Farming Work Together? Iowa State’s Agrivoltaics Thinks So

Iowa State’s agrivoltaics trial shows farmers can harvest food and power from the same acre. Squash and peppers thrived under panels, proving dual-use solar boosts resilience, protects soil, and adds new income streams. For regenerative...
Solar Grazing: How Sheep Are Powering America’s Green Energy Boom

Solar Grazing: How Sheep Are Powering America’s Green Energy Boom

Sheep are quietly transforming America’s solar farms into regenerative pastures. Known as solar grazing, this practice replaces diesel mowers and chemicals with flocks that trim grass, fertilize soil, and generate steady income for farmers. With...
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, looking at the mountains of Glacier National Park

Blackfeet Nation Water Crisis: Drought, Broken Promises, and the Fight for Sovereignty

In Montana, the Blackfeet Nation is enduring a five-year drought, failing water infrastructure, and decades of federal inaction. The crisis is reshaping agriculture, sovereignty, and survival in Indian Country.
New York’s Solar Land Grab: Farmers Fight for Farmland

New York’s Solar Land Grab: Farmers Fight for Farmland

New York loses 364,000 acres of farmland while utility-scale solar projects expand. Farmers warn food security is at risk. Can agrivoltaics balance energy and agriculture?
California’s Water Wars: Small Farmers vs Big Ag in the Fight for Food Sovereignty

California’s Water Wars: Small Farmers vs Big Ag in the Fight for Food Sovereignty

California’s farms are running out of water — and it’s not just drought. Big Ag drills deeper while small farmers and rural towns run dry. Food sovereignty is on the line, but regenerative practices are...
America’s Farm-Labor Famine: Why the Fields Are Going Silent

America’s Farm-Labor Famine: Why the Fields Are Going Silent

155,000 farm jobs vanished this year — the biggest labor gap in a decade. Crops rot, dairies struggle, and small farms are hit hardest. But worker co-ops and regenerative models are rising to meet the...
Orange County Courthouse in North Carolina, center of the Union Grove Farm conservation lawsuit, with red brick walls and a white cupola.

NC Lawsuit Tests Union Grove’s Regenerative Vision

NC’s Union Grove Farm faces a lawsuit that could decide if “forever farmland” means preservation — or a cage. Can regenerative farms survive without agritourism?