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04/27/2026

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11/01/2025

The U.S. senator says forcing members of Congress to give up their paychecks during government shutdowns would end them faster.

07/30/2025

Tsunami alert on West Coast States!

06/14/2025

06/12/2025

Please read and heed!

We all love a little ladybug…but have you ever noticed these “green” ladybugs on plants? This is actually a cucumber beetle! While ladybugs are a great gardening tool, cucumber beetles are more of a pest🪲 They can carry diseases that damage crops and will feed on plants, causing severe damage. In organic crops they are kept under control by their main predator - ladybugs! 🐞

06/04/2025

06/04/2025

Farming is one of the most high-pressure jobs out there—physically demanding, emotionally taxing, and often deeply isolating.

So what does self-care look like in the field?

For Charissa Ruth, who farms solo in Pennsylvania while working full-time as a nursing assistant, it's therapy twice a month and a commitment to slowing down when possible.

In Maine, Johanna Burdet of Moodytown Gardens says, “Therapy is the most important thing for me as a farmer… Especially if you are farming with a partner and if you and your partner have kids. To have a thriving small farm economy, we need to support those relationships so farms can survive and be handed to the next generation.”

Caring for the self isn’t selfish—it’s how farmers keep showing up for the land, their families, and our food system.

Read on and learn more about Real Farmer Care: https://bit.ly/3HjAtQG.

American Farmland Trust is proud to be a fiscal supporter of Real Farmer Care grants.

06/04/2025

Spring in Yosemite is filled with budding plant life, but not all new growth is green!

Snow plants lack chlorophyll, the green pigment that allows plants to create food from sunlight. So how do these plants feed themselves? Snow plants are mycotrophic, meaning these red beauties feed on fungi in the soil (“myco” meaning “fungus,” “trophic” meaning “feeding”), which themselves are part of an exchange of nutrients with the roots of green plants.

Snow plants, so named because of their arrival in early spring and summer when snow may still blanket the earth, don’t provide any nutrients or protection back to the fungi or the green photosynthesizing plants. Instead these oddities enjoy the free haul and pass on their stolen sugars to hummingbirds, who are attracted to their stark bright red color.

06/04/2025

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