Home-grown fruits and vegetables are always the best. There are few things more satisfying than cooking up or biting into something fresh from your own garden. We work hard to grow these items by digging in the dirt, planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting our vegetables. It’s only fair that we get to enjoy them all year long.

The environment has become a priority for many of us in recent years. With more and more people looking to embrace greener living, adopting a more sustainable lifestyle could prove crucial in years to come. If you’re hoping to change your habits and inspire others to follow suit, here are some steps you can take today.

Being a boss and being a leader are two different things. While both entail a position of some form of authority, one is in a better position to truly inspire and get the best performance out of people.

To be a leader is to set yourself apart from the rest - performing at a high level while galvanizing your staff to bring their best in everything that they do.

If you're looking to advance through the ranks and become an effective leader, you need to consistently practice the following actions.

Most business start-ups require a good deal of cash — more than most budding entrepreneurs have on hand. Aspiring farmers are no exception. Beginners need access to land, equipment, seeds, pesticides, fertilizer, water and a plethora of other things before they even begin farming. Consequently, the capital investment can be staggering. Farm equipment alone can cost $715,000 considering a used tractor in decent condition can cost $200,000 or more.

As a beginner farmer, it's highly unlikely you have that much cash lying around, even though some equipment manufacturers may offer discounts and rebates. Thus, the only possible solution is to find financing through a lender. Luckily, there is a myriad of options available to beginner farmers.

If you’re lucky, you live in a rural enough area where there’s a local farm (or two or three or maybe ten) that operate in and around the community. One you know by name. Maybe you’ve even been there, or bought/tasted their goods at a local farmers market or restaurant. Even while interacting with these amazing local farms, you’ve likely not sat down and really thought about the impact these wonderful self-sustaining businesses have on their communities and the environment and just how much they enrich the lives of everyone in their area.

The next time you need...well, pretty much anything...why not consider working with a local farm? Below we’ve listed a few ways in which people in the community use local farms, for a wide variety of social events, for their local, organic, healthy food, and more. Why not give one of them a shot?

We should all know the importance of going green by now, as there is no shortage of news stories within the media informing us of the plight of our planet.

The more we can do to help the environment, the better, as we can create a better future for ourselves and the children that we are raising. There is much we can do, and it begins by changing the ways we live on a daily basis.

So, if you're interested in going green (and you really should be), the following lifestyle changes will do much to showcase your eco-friendly credentials.

Crop yield influences a farm's profitability and impacts the people who benefit from the produce. When they are down for a particular season, consumers may have difficulty sourcing healthy, nutritious foods at affordable prices. Here are seven technologies that are resulting in better yields.

Modern technology has changed a lot of things within our world and mostly for the better. When it comes to farming, it’s a practice that we as a human race have been doing since 8,000 BC, and over time, we’ve come to perfect our ways of farming in order to get the most out of the hours and dedication that go into it. A lot has changed, and in this day and age, there’s plenty that technology can help farmers with to get the most out of their working day and possibly with less intensity on their part. Making farming a little easier is a good thing to achieve, so here are some of the ways modern technology can improve farming.

If you started a small farm business that is doing well, and you’re making a nice profit, you might start thinking about what you should do next. A lot of people are happy with their small farm and they enjoy the lifestyle, so they will just let things continue as they are. But if you want to build your business and increase your profits, you need to find ways to make your farm business grow. Here are some helpful tips to help you along the way.

There is an excellent life in farming. Farmers may disagree, but if you consider that you own your land and you are running it yourself, this is a privilege! You work long hours, and the money isn’t having you driving six cars, but you are determined as a farmer, which means that you are going to be able to turn your small farm into a place of joy.

Despite the weather working against you most days and despite having no idea where you want to diversify in your farming business, you need to consider how you can make this space a profitable one. You may already be using the best possible grain to grow, or you may be speaking to Superior Farms about lambs, but what next? Let’s brainstorm some suggestions below and make your small farm start bringing in the money once more.

Owning a farm, and keeping it running effectively is a tough job, it’s not for everybody, and even though it may be the dream for many young children growing up, the reality is to get anything back you have to consider the hard work involved seriously. Growing up on a farm, however, will make people accustomed to the workload, and to knowing how to manage the day-to-day running. Many generations of farmers have watched their parents and grandparents run successful firms. But in 2020 things are changing. Farms are becoming much more of a communal space, and many people are setting up farms that are working areas for many other reasons than purely cattle or produced based activities. At some point during a farmer’s career, there will be a significant decision or two that will need to be made. And ultimately this can upset the balance but is also something incredibly important to get right. Here are some of the big decisions that farmers may need to make over the years and how these decisions can be made in the best way possible.