Farmer Profiles

Victor Anagli and Deepa Iyer at Ayeko Farm. (Photo courtesy of Deepa Iyer)

Deepa Iyer Is Farming for Social Justice

September 18, 2020

From her small family farm in rural Washington, the farmer seeks to build community and make culturally relevant food more accessible.

Farming is an Act of Social Justice at Woven Roots Farm

By Lise Metzger

August 12, 2020

Jen Salinetti of Woven Roots Farm harvesting chard.

Jennifer Taylor Educates and Advocates for Underserved Small Farms in Florida

By Nano Riley

February 27, 2020

The Salmon Sisters of Alaska are Fighting for a Healthy, Sustainable Fish Future

By Monique Coombs

January 15, 2020

Rolando Herrera Is Blazing a Trail for Latinx Winemakers

By Annelise Jolley

December 18, 2019

Rolando Herrera standing in the fields. (Photo credit: Rocco Ceselin)

Veterans Find Purpose and Healing at Comfort Farms

By Allison Salerno

November 11, 2019

Biodiversity and Animal Welfare are Paramount for These Second-Generation North Carolina Farmers

By Christina Cooke

October 24, 2019

Worth and Hillary Kimmel with their foraging pigs.

The Woman Leading the Way for Urban Farming in the Nation’s Capital

By Cassie M. Chew

September 26, 2019

Gail Taylor on her D.C. urban farm. (Photo © Lise Metzger.)

The Minnesota Farmers Who Helped Shape Organic Agriculture

By Beth Raboin

August 29, 2019

Blue Fruit Farm Minnesota Organic Farmers Jim Riddle, Joyce Ford, and Katie Lange (Photo courtesy of Blue Fruit Farm)

A Maryland Grain Grower Takes Regenerative Agriculture to the Next Step

By Lisa Held

July 10, 2019

Heinz Thomet of Next Step Produce in Maryland

Regenerating the Soil Transformed this Indiana Farm

By Ken Roseboro

June 12, 2019

Finca Conciencia Is Building Food Sovereignty on Vieques Island

By Sarah Sax

May 15, 2019

Jorge and Ana sit on the remains of one of their structures destroyed after Hurricane Maria in 2017. (Photo © Sarah Sax)

An Indigenous Community Deepens its Agricultural Roots in Tucson’s San Xavier Farm

By Rudri Bhatt Patel

April 25, 2019

Mesquite trees are used to produce traditional O'odham flour. (Photo by Rudri Patel)

Grinnell Heritage Farm is Farming Against Type—and Against the Odds—in Iowa

By Susan Futrell

March 27, 2019

Melissa and Andy Dunham with a weekly CSA share from their farm. (Photo courtesy of Grinnell Heritage Farm)

At This Small, Family-Run Dairy, Animal Welfare Comes First

By Joan Cusick

February 25, 2019

How an Oregon Rancher is Building Soil Health—and a Robust Regional Food System

By Kathleen Bauer

January 31, 2019

Three Generations, Two Families, and One Organic Farm Model Succession

By Beth Raboin

December 19, 2018

three generations of farmers at meadowlark organics

This Veteran Learned the Value of American Wool in the Army. Now He’s Raising His Own Sheep.

By Tamara Scully

November 12, 2018

John Lemondes shearing one of his Rambouillet sheep. (Photo © James Bemus.)

Organic Dairy Farmers Kevin and Lisa Engelbert On a Movement They Helped Shape

By Lela Nargi

October 31, 2018

Long Meadow Ranch Takes a Full-Circle Approach to Farming in Wine Country

By Shoshi Parks

September 25, 2018

Laddie Hall at a farmers' market. (Photo credit: Shea Evans Photography)

Meet the ‘Fanatic’ Breeding Colored Cotton, Growing Heirloom Wheat, and Building Soil Carbon

By Emily Wilson

August 30, 2018

Immigrant Farmers Help Grow Organic Ag in Wisconsin and Beyond

By Lauren Koshere

July 25, 2018

Phua (left) and Blia Thao at Thao's Garden

Farming with Intentional Biodiversity