Farming
Farms vs. Suburbia: Does Population Growth Mean the End of Family Farms?
The Wasatch Front has been growing out rather than up for years. Sprawl is now threatening Utah’s most successful family farms. Over eighty percent of Utah residents say they want…
Grantsville’s Honey Harvest Festival
Join the residents of Grantsville as they celebrate farming and local history.
Backyard Chicken Farming
Chicken farming is easy, fun, and can be done in any yard. Read up on how you can start your own poultry paradise.
Keeping It Real in Urban Farming
Not all farms are rural. Some are surrounded by neighborhoods and businesses. Where can you find some throughout Salt Lake City?
Bown Dairy: Industrial Utah Farm
Industrial farming helps to increase production at levels organic or grass-fed can’t match. Read how this Utah family has been able to keep their farm for generations.
Petersen Family Farm
How do you run a successful farm in the middle of a sprawling suburbia? It might be more difficult than you think.
Sugar House Prison Farm
The old Utah prison was a thriving business in Sugar House. Who started it? Who were the first prisoners? The answers might surprise you.
Hobby Farming in Utah: Gov’t Forces one Man to Sell Land
Utah is one of the worst states for farmers. Read how enforced rezoning laws forced one man to sell his pastures and abandon his property.
Farming In Utah: Second Annual Utah Stories Farm Issue
Farmers markets and CSAs fuel a shift in local, healthy, organic food.
Grass Fed Beef Revolution in Utah
A Salt Lake County farmer uses innovated grass feed methods, but why does he struggle to maintain his business?
Sharing Fruit with SLCgreen Fruit Share
Salt Lake City’s fruit share programs gets fruit and produce off the ground and to people who need it.
Growing Up Before Your Very Eyes: Backyard Urban Gardens
Growing an entire season’s worth of vegetables can be daunting enough, but in the limited space of an urban backyard?
Peaches or Patios: Suburbs Pressure American Fork Land
A Utah County Farmer struggles with the oncoming development surrounding his lands.
