Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has pledged $50 million to youth 4-H programs. The donation is the largest in the organization’s 120-year history.

Kate Edwards comes from a farming family and spoke with Feast and Field about why CSAs flourished during the pandemic — and the barriers she faces as a woman who farms.

These 10 trailblazers, currently making waves in the farming industry, are innovative, dynamic and daring. Here are their stories.

Women represent the agriculture industry’s fastest-growing demographic. Audra Mulkern, a storyteller based near Seattle, Washington, is telling their stories in various mediums.

A communal vision produces a variety of lemons for one Arizona farm community.

Florida will produce the smallest crop of oranges in more than 75 years, reported the AP. The US Dept of Agriculture released a report in January predicting that the 2021-2022 season will yield only 44.5 million 90-pound boxes of oranges, meaning California’s orange crop will exceed Florida’s for the first time in years.

This fifth-generation Hawaiian farmer produces internationally award-winning cacao and chocolate right here in the U.S.

On March 1-5, Seed St. Louis will offer its 13th annual Community Agriculture Conference. This year’s conference will have both in-person and virtual sessions, offering classes and panel discussions by experts from the agricultural community. All sessions will be free and open to the public, though registration is required.

Pork producer Smithfield Foods announced a pledge to halve food losses and achieve zero-waste-to-landfill certification within eight years. They plan to meet these goals by targeting the prevention of food loss and waste before it arises, recovery of wholesome food for donation, and recycling of food loss and waste to other uses, such as animal feed, compost and energy generation.

We travel to one of the nation’s leading regenerative farms to explore the world of pasture-raised turkeys.