At dawn in a village field, a farmer bends to the soil and runs it through his fingers. It is dark, soft, alive. There is no smell of chemicals, no white residue on the leaves. What grows here is not ...

Across America, a new generation of farmers is reimagining what it means to work the land. They are engineers, ecologists, and entrepreneurs—people who see farming not only as a way to grow food, but ...

Horticulure professor and chair Ajay Nair plants bell peppers at the Alliant Energy Solar Farm at Iowa State University in June 2024. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – ...

Vertical farming has boomed and busted within a decade. We explore why many pioneers failed, why 80 Acres Farms survived, and ...

Purdue Diversified Food and Farming Systems is an Extension program made up of an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, extension educators, students, practitioners and partners. The Diversified ...