They’re an important pipeline of skills, products and innovation for larger industries, but they’re reeling from tariffs.

I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...

Just a Few Acres Farm in Lansing, NY has nearly 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, where seventh-generation farmer Pete Larson posts videos with titles like “The basics of cutting hay” and “Playing in ...

Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I shed light on hidden credit intent. Nov 03, 2025, 06:30am EST Artisanal Small Scale Mining (ASM) is emerging as a credit ...

Business leaders recognize automation is changing the way companies operate. The hope is that automation -- whether it's in the form of robots, machine learning, or artificial intelligence (AI) -- ...

The Illuminating Hidden Harvests initiative draws on data from case studies in 58 countries, selected for their contributions to fisheries production, nutrient supplies and employment. These countries ...

The government plans to strengthen its oversight of local small-scale mining operations, a sector that forms part of the ...

A new study found that small-scale fishing accounts for at least 40% of catch worldwide and provides employment for 60 million people, more than a third of whom are women. Small-scale fishing could ...

Across the world's coral reefs, rivers, lakes, coastal waters, and high seas, fishers with simple tools and small boats harvest some 40% of the world's wild-caught fish. These small-scale fishers may ...