…pressures Banking, finance, and risk management Regenerative farming and soil health Marketing, consumer trends, and retailer engagement Retail chains such as Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and Sprouts—longtime champions of organic…
Fourth-Generation Farming in the South Valley: An Interview with Jason Giannelli
…destroy my soil health?” he asks. For multi-generational farmers like Giannelli, maintaining soil fertility and sustainable practices is not just an ethical choice—it is essential for the long-term viability of…
Jason Gianelli: Water, Labor, and the Future of Farming in the South Valley
…seeds, and soil. I want them to love this life the way I do.” Papagni closed the interview by calling Gianelli “one of California’s strongest farm voices,” while McGill said…
Stephen Pistoresi Shares How Semios Is Transforming Pest Control, Irrigation, and the Future of Farming
…now a full-stack on-farm technology company through partnerships with brands like WiseConn, Agworld, Altrac, and Greenbook. Weather stations, soil moisture probes, irrigation automation, frost control tools, and pest monitoring all…
Southern Agriculture: The Rise of Plantations and Cotton’s Global Impact
…wealthiest plantation owners controlled vast tracts of the South’s richest soil. These plantations not only provided the owners with prosperity but also helped shape the region’s economic structure—one built on…
How Railroads Transformed American Agriculture in the 1860s
…hundreds of thousands of immigrant farmers to U.S. soil, where they built thriving agricultural communities along the expanding rail lines. Immigrant Farmers and the American Dream Immigrant farmers played a…
Early American Farmers and the Lost Art of Soil Stewardship
…the same respect and sustainability that define modern agriculture. Today’s producers take pride in soil conservation practices, using science-based management to maintain soil fertility for generations to come. But historical…
Inside FIRA USA 2025: California’s AgTech Future
…resources on solving those problems. The current priority issues include: Biomass Soil and water management Pest management Labor Workforce development Johnson emphasized that this structure ensures California’s ag tech strategy…
How Settlers Transformed the Heart of American Agriculture
…resistant to cultivation. The Challenge of Breaking Prairie Sod Settlers on Iowa’s prairies quickly realized that farming here would not be easy. The soil was rich, but it was locked…
Homestead Act and America’s Westward Expansion
…labor and perseverance. Families from across the nation, and immigrants from around the world, seized the chance to build new lives on fertile frontier soil. Shaping the American Agricultural Landscape…
The Rise of Plantation Agriculture in Early America
…of Plantation Agriculture in Virginia and Maryland The story of plantation agriculture began in colonial Virginia, where fertile soil and favorable climate made the region ideal for tobacco farming. Tobacco…
California Agriculture at a Crossroads: Insights from Fresno County Farm Bureau President Ryan Jacobsen
…health of their soil, water, and ecosystems, and they treat their land with extraordinary care, often across generations. California farmers have become highly innovative, he said, not only in production…
From Barley to Cotton: How America’s Early Crops Shaped Agriculture
Photo by Randy Fath on Unsplash The Roots of American Farming In the early days of American settlement, the first colonists arriving in Plymouth Colony faced unfamiliar soil, weather, and…
Ethnic Roots of Early American Agriculture
…frontier. The result was not a single style of American farming, but a rich blend of European agricultural traditions adapted to the fertile soils and open spaces of a new…