The Senate Committee on Agriculture is responsible for U.S. farm policy as we know it—but Kirsten Gillibrand, the committee’s newest member, may help push it in a better direction....

The devastating fires this month have ruined lives and livelihoods. Here’s how to help.

Amid all the latest statistics about farms in the U.S., some unexpected and potentially important developments.

To spread the gospel of organic produce, one company is catering to the masses but keeping its core values.

King Corn stands alone as the last crop, battered and wind swept. The gaudy tassel top hats of August have long since broken off and blown away.

It’s the heart of the corn harvest, and nothing is moving. Farmers worry that their predicament could lead to a genuine disaster.

California has banned the close confinement of farm animals, and other states may soon follow its lead.

Farm country is paralyzed. This is the kind of wet, fat-flaked storm that blows so hard the snow sticks and turns to concrete on kitchen window panes.

If it’s exotic sea creatures you’re after, Seoul’s Noryangjin Marine Products Market—which is a lot livelier than its name—is the place to go....

Hardwick’s economic future was dim, until a chain of events turned it into one of the most important food towns in America.