KINGSTON, N.Y. — State Sen. Michelle Hinchey has urged expansion of a program designed to funnel locally-grown produce into state schools. Hinchey’s office said a recent State Comptroller audit found ...

[JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa] — A nonprofit that helps new farmers in eastern Iowa is losing more than $2 million in federal funding for a program that just started this month. Iowa Valley RC&D created a two ...

The Trump administration’s sudden interest in reforms to a guest worker program for farmers is a case of the chickens coming home to roost. We've written before about the need to overhaul a visa ...

Leafy greens budding inside a high-tech container farm could soon impact South Carolina’s agriculture industry, and it’s all starting deep behind a guarded gate at a Columbia women’s prison. With the ...

The South Carolina Department of Corrections announced the opening of the first vertical farm inside a U.S. prison, launching a new agricultural training initiative at the Camille Graham Correctional ...

As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers. The Trump administration has changed ...

SCHENECTADY — “You are officially maple farmers!” proclaimed Rebekka Henriksen to a group of kindergarteners gathered in front of two maple trees outside Woodlawn Elementary School on a windy morning ...

Washtenaw County, Michigan, is mourning the loss of a beloved difference maker dedicated to giving people a second chance. People are coming together all week to remember the way We The People ...

Jashan Smith, a senior at University City High School near St. Louis, looks at lettuce growth during an agriculture sciences class at the school on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in University City, ...

Despite cuts to federal programs aimed at bringing locally-grown food into school cafeterias across Iowa occurring roughly a year ago, local leaders continue to feel the impact on how food moves from ...

Kentucky drivers can now show their support for the state's agriculture sector with a new "Friends of Agriculture" license plate, according to a community announcement. The special plate is available ...

During this year’s Ag Safety Awareness Program Week, March 2-6, University of Missouri Extension health and safety specialist Karen Funkenbusch is encouraging farmers to make their health and ...