#smallfarmers — Public Fediverse posts

Small farmers are seeing USDA funding disappear, leaving many who hoped for support in a difficult position. #smallfarmers

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/11/iowa-farming-trump-cuts-usda

#thecycleoflife
We lost touch with animals and their cycle of life. For #SmallFarmers their animals become co-workers or even companions. While the decision to slaughter an animal before its natural death is straight-forward for farms practicing mass production, the decision is much harder for small farmers who personally care for their animals every day. So when an animal falls ill, what do you do? Kill it for the meat or let it die naturally?

Read our full story: https://circularoutdoorcollective.org/the-cycle-of-life/

Brainstorming on workable ideas to bridge the generational gap between older farmers & younger farmers/younger folks interested in getting into small farming.

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #SmallFarmers

Brainstorming on workable ideas to bridge the generational gap between older farmers & younger farmers/younger folks interested in getting into small farming.

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #SmallFarmers

Come to see me & Ella at #UVIC Campus #CommunityGarden #Spring #Market today! There's going to be lots of local vendors, community nonprofits, arts & crafts, live demos & live music/entertainment. #FreeAdmission

https://www.ccgardenuvic.ca/events.html

We'll be on location, 3:30pm-6pm ✌️👩‍🌾🍎💐

#Saanich #GordonHead #VictoriaBC #YYJ #CommunityEvent #CommunityMarket #SmallFarmers #FoodSecurity #BuyLocal #SupportLocal #SupportSmallFarmers

Come to see me & Ella at #UVIC Campus #CommunityGarden #Spring #Market today! There's going to be lots of local vendors, community nonprofits, arts & crafts, live demos & live music/entertainment. #FreeAdmission

https://www.ccgardenuvic.ca/events.html

We'll be on location, 3:30pm-6pm ✌️👩‍🌾🍎💐

#Saanich #GordonHead #VictoriaBC #YYJ #CommunityEvent #CommunityMarket #SmallFarmers #FoodSecurity #BuyLocal #SupportLocal #SupportSmallFarmers

Alrighty then... I'll be boosting and re-posting a few SPS posts from yesterday, but I wanted to leave you all with this very #SolarPunk story. TY to @MaQuest and @BrambleBearSnoring and everyone else who used the hashtag. We'll be back at it next #SolarPunkSunday!

Three Years In, New York’s #UrbanAgriculture Office Has Delivered

by Haley Schusterman, January 20, 2026

"Three years in, the office is delivering on its full mandate. It built its own relationships with community leaders and advocates, launched education programs connecting students to working #farms, opened pathways for #SmallFarmers to sell to city institutions, mapped the city’s urban agriculture landscape, and pushed for procurement reform that could redirect how the city spends its food dollars. The office is working to change how eight million #NewYorkers grow, buy, and think about food, using urban agriculture as a lever for #ClimateAction, #EnvironmentalJustice, #FoodAccess, workforce development, and economic #resilience."

Read more:
https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/three-years-in-new-yorks-urban-agriculture-office-has-delivered/

#GreenerCities #UrbanFarms #UrbanGardens #FarmersMarkets #FarmToTable #FoodSecurity #NYC

Alrighty then... I'll be boosting and re-posting a few SPS posts from yesterday, but I wanted to leave you all with this very #SolarPunk story. TY to @MaQuest and @BrambleBearSnoring and everyone else who used the hashtag. We'll be back at it next #SolarPunkSunday!

Three Years In, New York’s #UrbanAgriculture Office Has Delivered

by Haley Schusterman, January 20, 2026

"Three years in, the office is delivering on its full mandate. It built its own relationships with community leaders and advocates, launched education programs connecting students to working #farms, opened pathways for #SmallFarmers to sell to city institutions, mapped the city’s urban agriculture landscape, and pushed for procurement reform that could redirect how the city spends its food dollars. The office is working to change how eight million #NewYorkers grow, buy, and think about food, using urban agriculture as a lever for #ClimateAction, #EnvironmentalJustice, #FoodAccess, workforce development, and economic #resilience."

Read more:
https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/three-years-in-new-yorks-urban-agriculture-office-has-delivered/

#GreenerCities #UrbanFarms #UrbanGardens #FarmersMarkets #FarmToTable #FoodSecurity #NYC

The Upcoming American Holocaust: Connecting Billionaires, AI, ICE & Trump’s Concentration Camps

It is not hyperbole to read the genesis of an American Holocaust given the building blocks being laid out by Trump’s masterminds of hate mobilizing ICE, detention centers, AI, and billionaires.

The Upcoming American Holocaust: Connecting Billionaires, AI, ICE & Trump’s Concentration Camps

It is not hyperbole to read the genesis of an American Holocaust given the building blocks being laid out by Trump’s masterminds of hate mobilizing ICE, detention centers, AI, and billionaires.

The EU’s mission impossible: Stopping young farmers giving up before they’ve even begun.

Europe’s food system depends on an endangered species: its farmers.

Brussels wants to fix Europe’s aging farm problem, but its new plan may lack the cash to pull it off.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251021-the-eus-mission-impossible-stopping-young-farmers-giving-up-before-theyve-even-begun?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Agriculture #Food #SustainableAgriculture #CommonAgriculturalPolicy #CAP #YoungFarmers #SmallFarmers #EU #Europe

The EU’s mission impossible: Stopping young farmers giving up before they’ve even begun.

Europe’s food system depends on an endangered species: its farmers.

Brussels wants to fix Europe’s aging farm problem, but its new plan may lack the cash to pull it off.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251021-the-eus-mission-impossible-stopping-young-farmers-giving-up-before-theyve-even-begun?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Agriculture #Food #SustainableAgriculture #CommonAgriculturalPolicy #CAP #YoungFarmers #SmallFarmers #EU #Europe

Europe’s #farms are changing, and not for the better.

More and more, #farmland isn’t managed by #smallfarmers.
EU agricultural subsidies, meant to support food production and rural communities, are increasingly ending up in the hands of #corporations focused on profit

@wemoveeurope.bsky.social

#SmallFarmers Are Struggling With #Trumpian Chaos—and Bracing for More

https://newrepublic.com/article/195925/small-farmers-trump-budget-cuts
#farming #farmers #agriculture

#SmallFarmers Are Struggling With #Trumpian Chaos—and Bracing for More

https://newrepublic.com/article/195925/small-farmers-trump-budget-cuts
#farming #farmers #agriculture

For #SmallFarmers, the #Egg Shortage Has a Surprising Silver Lining

https://www.eater.com/24398949/how-the-egg-shortage-benefits-small-farmers

For #SmallFarmers, the #Egg Shortage Has a Surprising Silver Lining

https://www.eater.com/24398949/how-the-egg-shortage-benefits-small-farmers

Viewed and recommend: “Food and Country.” https://www.foodandcountryfilm.com/

Ask for it at your local library, e.g., it’s at Monterey Public Library https://www.montereylibrary.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=460084&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20food%20and%20country.

#FoodAndCountry #USA #FoodSystem #IndustrialAgriculture #SmallFarmers #FamilyFarms #Ranchers #FoodProduction #agriculture #farming #chefs #WhiteOakPastures #KnuthFarms #OrganicFarming
#Greenwave #BrenSmith #RiseAndRootFarms #StratfordAngus

Viewed and recommend: “Food and Country.” https://www.foodandcountryfilm.com/

Ask for it at your local library, e.g., it’s at Monterey Public Library https://www.montereylibrary.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=460084&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20food%20and%20country.

#FoodAndCountry #USA #FoodSystem #IndustrialAgriculture #SmallFarmers #FamilyFarms #Ranchers #FoodProduction #agriculture #farming #chefs #WhiteOakPastures #KnuthFarms #OrganicFarming
#Greenwave #BrenSmith #RiseAndRootFarms #StratfordAngus

More farm animals photos from my friend's family farm in Mill Bay. They have some rescue farm animals at the farm.

https://www.haywardfarms.net/

#HaywardFarms #Cowichan #FamilyFarm #SmallFarmers #farm #SupportLocalFarmers #BCFarms #VanIsleFarms #MillBay #Farmers #goats #horse #pigs #FarmAnimals #Livestock #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #FarmSanctuary #FarmLife #VancouverIsland

More farm animals photos from my friend's family farm in Mill Bay. They have some rescue farm animals at the farm.

https://www.haywardfarms.net/

#HaywardFarms #Cowichan #FamilyFarm #SmallFarmers #farm #SupportLocalFarmers #BCFarms #VanIsleFarms #MillBay #Farmers #goats #horse #pigs #FarmAnimals #Livestock #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #FarmSanctuary #FarmLife #VancouverIsland

If you're in the #CowichanValley area, near Mill Bay or planning to visit South #VancouverIsland - please consider visiting my farm friends. They have a year round, fully stocked #FarmStore. Please see their website for more information:
https://www.haywardfarms.net/

#HaywardFarms #Cowichan #MillBay #FamilyFarm #SmallFarmers #SupportLocalFarmers #BCFarms #VanIsleFarms #FoodGrowers #MillBay #Farmers #goats #sheep #FarmAnimals #Livestock #garlic #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #BuyFarmerDirect #ShopLocal

If you're in the #CowichanValley area, near Mill Bay or planning to visit South #VancouverIsland - please consider visiting my farm friends. They have a year round, fully stocked #FarmStore. Please see their website for more information:
https://www.haywardfarms.net/

#HaywardFarms #Cowichan #MillBay #FamilyFarm #SmallFarmers #SupportLocalFarmers #BCFarms #VanIsleFarms #FoodGrowers #MillBay #Farmers #goats #sheep #FarmAnimals #Livestock #garlic #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #BuyFarmerDirect #ShopLocal

#FeedingTime at an #alpacas #farm up island.

#VancouverIsland #FarmHand #FarmLife #Saanich #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #FarmAnimals #livestock #Cowichan #SmallFarmers #FarmWorkers

#FeedingTime at an #alpacas #farm up island.

#VancouverIsland #FarmHand #FarmLife #Saanich #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #FarmAnimals #livestock #Cowichan #SmallFarmers #FarmWorkers

Rake & Radish #Harvest #WorkParty photos #slideshow video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRgZy_9hpPE

https://rakeandradish.ca/

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers #Farming #QueerOwned

Rake & Radish #Harvest #WorkParty photos #slideshow video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRgZy_9hpPE

https://rakeandradish.ca/

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers #Farming #QueerOwned

#tomatoes & #marigolds that I #harvested at farm today. Also showing size of massive #SwissChard 👩‍🌾😊

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers

#tomatoes & #marigolds that I #harvested at farm today. Also showing size of massive #SwissChard 👩‍🌾😊

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers

How about them big dills?
Massive pickling #cukes at the farm!

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #cucumbers

How about them big dills?
Massive pickling #cukes at the farm!

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #cucumbers

#Harvest #WorkParty #volunteers in the crop fields.

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers

#Harvest #WorkParty #volunteers in the crop fields.

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers

Had an amazing time at Rake & Radish #harvest #WorkParty today!

Met some wonderful fellow local #FoodSecurity community volunteers too. Ardeo, #queer #farm owner, is a fantastic small scale #farmer, amazing person & is also involved with Queer Crafternoon community too.

Check out the #SmallScaleFarm website:
https://rakeandradish.ca/

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers

Had an amazing time at Rake & Radish #harvest #WorkParty today!

Met some wonderful fellow local #FoodSecurity community volunteers too. Ardeo, #queer #farm owner, is a fantastic small scale #farmer, amazing person & is also involved with Queer Crafternoon community too.

Check out the #SmallScaleFarm website:
https://rakeandradish.ca/

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers

"Countries must put food systems and agriculture at the heart of their climate ambitions, addressing both global emissions and protecting the lives and livelihoods of farmers living on the front line of climate change."

COP28 Declaration Seen as Good News for World's Small Farmers

https://www.voanews.com/amp/cop28-declaration-seen-as-good-news-for-world-s-small-farmers/7387170.html via VOA
Photo: Internat'l Labor Organization
#Cop28 #Climate #ClimateChange #UN #UnitedNations #Farming #Farmers #SmallFarmers

"Countries must put food systems and agriculture at the heart of their climate ambitions, addressing both global emissions and protecting the lives and livelihoods of farmers living on the front line of climate change."

COP28 Declaration Seen as Good News for World's Small Farmers

https://www.voanews.com/amp/cop28-declaration-seen-as-good-news-for-world-s-small-farmers/7387170.html via VOA
Photo: Internat'l Labor Organization
#Cop28 #Climate #ClimateChange #UN #UnitedNations #Farming #Farmers #SmallFarmers

Herding #PekingDucks was hilarious! Bunch of these cute white #ducks gathered below deck & quacked away for awhile(duck strategic planning?). Then happily followed my Mom to pond 😂

At friends' #farm in #MillBay on #VancouverIsland in #BritishColumbia #Canada 🥰

https://shop.cow-op.ca/Producer/ce415e39-6337-4d1b-8b0b-59cf939d1bc5

#FarmAnimals #RuralLife #quackers #freerange #SustainableFarm #EthicalFarm #SupportLocalFarmers #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #FamilyFarm #SmallFarmers

Worked on #sowing more #CoverCrop #seeds for #SoilRemediation & #rewilding our yards. I'll update later on the plant seeds sowed - pretty big list. Both of these blends are #beneficial for #PollinatorGardens too. Many are also #edible for humans & wildlife. Sourced from #SmallFarmers ✌👩‍🌾

#GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #SaveSoil #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningForClimateChange #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #SelfSufficiency #SeedSavers

My #CompostSoil delivery from #SmallFarmers had arrived while I was resting between day job shifts yesterday. Went back to work yesterday & have just 1 OT day this week. The rest are only half days. I can work on getting more garden beds completed & do more back lawn removal/rewilding tasks.

#SaveSoil #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #SoilIsLife #PreciousSoil #NoSoilNoFood #KeepSoilClean #CleanSoil #NonPollutedSoil #SoilToGrowWith #LoveSoil #SupportLocalSmallFarms

@mlohbihler @zdl Also wondering how many hours those judgey folks actually spent; several weeks/months - tending to their own food crops. Most just buy - without much personal efforts. It's why I found the claim towards me & others being 'lazy' makes me laugh, with sadness. These privileged folks depend on farmers to give them foods. They're OK abusing #SmallFarmers & do it with lots of #ignorance - that is not fucking OK in my arenas.

What is better than an #organic farm? A #veganic farm! There are many farmers running successful veganic commercial operations. Read our profile of one of these farmers, Helen Atthowe.

#SmallFarmers are #ClimateHealers

https://veganic.world/interview-with-helen-atthowe-of-woodleaf-farm/