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The average age of American farmers has been climbing for decades, and many say rural towns are at-risk without new blood. There are enough people who…
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This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which we talk about important issues related to food production.The drought was…
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While the farming community continues to age fewer young people are filling the ranks, prompting the question: Do young people even want to farm…
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It’s hard not to use the phrase “quintessential small town” when you describe Pittsfield, Ill. The western Illinois community of 4,500 people has a…
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Driving out of the western Iowa town of Panora, the winding roads offer broad vistas of rolling hills. Many of the mailboxes along Redwood Road show the…
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Working beyond retirement is a fairly common refrain these days. In 2012, 5 percent of the U.S. workforce was beyond retirement age. But farmers seem to…
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It’s not just lifelong farmers who feel the pull of the land as they get older. For some Americans, retirement is an opportunity to begin the farming…