Small-Scale Farming Shouldn’t Just Be a Hobby. So Why Is It So Hard to Make a Living?

Photography courtesy of Ben Saunders. Article by Adrian White. Modern Farmer – October 3, 2023.

I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled the most, despite selling something we all need—food. This especially applied if farmers weren’t wealthy beforehand […]

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