Canada's organic market hit $11.88 billion while certified organic acres fell 16.1%. Shoppers pay a premium for food they trust. Here is how a farm gate, U-pick, tour or CSA pick-up day can win it, certified or not.

Brussels, Washington and London are all writing emergency cheques for fertiliser-hit farms. The farms that hold steady have a second, input-light income. Here is how farm stays in Italy, Ireland and France became that cushion.

Vietnam's durian exports reached US$3.45 billion in nine months, with 95.5% going to China. When one buyer owns your income, you live by its rules. Here are two answers: bring the buyer to the tree, and make the fruit last longer.

One child farms. The others don't. Here is how families split the farm fairly without cutting it into pieces: buy-sell agreements, insurance, written roles and the questions to ask your lawyer.

Malaysia's Agriculture Department warns a long El Niño dry spell could cause flower drop and lower durian yields from January to March 2027. Here is what it said, what it did not say, and five moves, including farm tours, that keep money coming in when the fruit crop is weak.

Two Davao exporters signed about US$27 million a year in durian deals with a Chinese buyer, yet no farm-gate price was published. Here is what that means for growers, and how selling to orchard visitors keeps the retail margin.

Malaysia's Agriculture Minister warns El Niño could push temperatures to 40°C and cut water to padi fields. Here is the farm weather plan: protect your water, sell shaded visits and covered events, and sell direct before the heat arrives.

A mild, dry fall gave Ontario farmers strong corn yields, but grain prices fell about 20%. Here is the math, and where your farm can set its own price.

El Niño is now among the strongest ever measured. Here's what NOAA, the WMO and the Met Office expect this winter, which food prices to watch, and why a second income helps your farm ride out a weather year.

In 2017, an 81-year-old grandmother with no English started teaching pasta at her kitchen table near Rome; by 2024 her family's business drew about 5,000 guests a year. Here is her model step by step for your farm, with real costs, the shapes to teach, a 3-hour run sheet, food-rule questions for the US, UK, Canada and Australia, and real prices.

One bread class, three outcomes: $86 an hour at $95, $41 with six seats, $16 at a farm stall price. Every cost, break-even seats, the fee leak and 15 real farm class prices from four countries.

Most farmers know what to do to start a farm class, but not in what order. This 30-day farm class checklist gives you one job a day: pick the class, make the slow calls first, run a free test, price it with a simple floor formula, take payment at booking and collect reviews the same evening.

A sheep farm that was 'going in the tank' now earns 90% of its income from guests. Here are the real costs, nightly rates, permits and pricing formula to start your own farm stay.