Soil Health

A farm in Kentucky - Kentucky conservation funding

Kentucky Conservation Funding Application Deadline

Aaron Creighton Sep 15, 2026 0

Sept. 25 deadline for Kentucky farmers seeking RCPP conservation funding and technical assistance.

Jonathon Kemper image of sprouts growing from the soil. - Healthy Soil for Healthy Crops

Healthy Soil for Healthy Crops Builds Better Growing Systems

Aaron Creighton Sep 13, 2026 0

2026-09-24

Organic Soil Management - phot by USDA NRCS South Dakota, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Organic Growers School’s Organic Soil Management Webinar

Aaron Creighton Sep 13, 2026 0

2026-09-14

Kentland Farm Field Day Brings Research to the Farm

Aaron Creighton Sep 11, 2026 0

Virginia Tech livestock and horticulture field day at Kentland Farm.

Cattle grazing in a field. An expert on Dystocia will conduct the educational event - Photo by A. Creighton

Sullivan County Beef Producer Meeting: Dystocia

Aaron Creighton Sep 11, 2026 0

2026-09-14

Megan Boissiere standing at her booth for Deep Roots Ecostead

How Deep Roots Ecostead Makes the Most of One Acre

Aaron Creighton Jul 19, 2026 0

Most of the herbs grown at Deep Roots Ecostead occupy less than an acre of the nearly 10-acre farm. The…

General Government

New USDA Rule Tests The Meaning of Regenerative Farming

Hiram Jensen Jul 13, 2026 0

A new federal rule promoted as a market-based boost for regenerative agriculture could eventually create premiums for some farmers growing…

Nicotiana tabacum by Markus Hagenlocher - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

Farms General

Former Leaf Farms Are Finding New Life in the Region

Aaron Creighton Jul 8, 2026 0

On a breezy Saturday at the Lebanon, Virginia, Farmers Market, the story of tobacco’s long decline did not begin in…

Open rural farm scene with red barn, wooden fences, green pastures and a bright blue sky with scattered clouds

2026 ARC&D Farm Tour Highlights Farms General

A Look at Holistic Agriculture on the ARC&D Farm Tour

Aaron Creighton Jun 17, 2026 0

After visiting the Appalachian Producers Cooperative, where local livestock becomes packaged meat, Butterfield Farm brought our Farm Tour route back…

Hands digging and loosening dark soil next to a wheelbarrow filled with fruit scraps and compostable material.

Government

Virginia Tech Secures $3.5M for New Composting Facility

Josh Mason Apr 21, 2026 0

BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has committed nearly $8 million to something most people don’t think…

Kentucky Conservation Funding Application Deadline

Healthy Soil for Healthy Crops Builds Better Growing Systems

Organic Growers School’s Organic Soil Management Webinar

Kentland Farm Field Day Brings Research to the Farm

Sullivan County Beef Producer Meeting: Dystocia

How Deep Roots Ecostead Makes the Most of One Acre

New USDA Rule Tests The Meaning of Regenerative Farming

Former Leaf Farms Are Finding New Life in the Region

A Look at Holistic Agriculture on the ARC&D Farm Tour

Virginia Tech Secures $3.5M for New Composting Facility

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