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Going once, going twice, gone! Farm auctions are moving online, and that's changing a rural tradition
Jun 5, 2023
Farm auctions — a marketplace for knickknacks, farm land and everything in between — are often also social gathering spaces for rural communities. That’s changing as more auctions go online.
2 Black farmers promote resilience for food, land and people
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Anais Amin
Nov 22, 2021
Ashanti Williams and Arian Rivera of the Black Yard Farm Collective talk about agricultural practices and building community.
Black farmers face a slew of systemic challenges
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Alli Fam
Jan 12, 2021
Unfair pricing and land loss are just a few reasons the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund formed decades ago.
Farmers are struggling in the pandemic economy
by
Peggy Lowe
Jul 20, 2020
A study finds emergency government money will make up more than a third of farm income.
In Nebraska, historic shelterbelts are making way for more crops
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 28, 2017
The strips of trees once protected farmers from Dust Bowl storms. Reporter Carson Vaughan wrote about them.