"Farmers in the state have approached us saying [they] need help," says Ken Ayars, Rhode Island's chief of agriculture. In response, and to keep farming viable in Rhode Island, the state is ...

PROVIDENCE – Bucking national and regional trends, the number of farms in Rhode Island and the total area of farmland both grew in the latest federal Census of Agriculture. From 2017 to 2022 ...

She cited U.S. Department of Agriculture data from 2007 -- the latest available -- that shows the number of farms in Rhode Island had increased from 858 to 1,219 between 2002 and 2007, a 42 ...

Rhode Island leaders gathered to announce the 2024 Local Agriculture and Seafood Act grantees ... "I’m a friend of the farms, they’re part of our small businesses, they’re part of what ...

A relatively short but severe drought last August disrupted food production in Rhode Island, prompting the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare all ... of food production and longevity of the ...

400 MILES OF SPARKLING SHORELINE IS WHY RHODE ISLAND IS CALLED THE OCEAN STATE ... TO THE TOWN OF TIVERTON ON A TANK AND TAKE IN THE COLONIAL CHARM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF IN FOUR CORNERS IS ...

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BOSTON, Jan. 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Converted Organics Inc. (Nasdaq:COIN) announced today that the Company purchased the majority ownership interest of the vertical farming entity ...

The farm stands ... enclaves in the East Bay region of Rhode Island. At this time of year, the sun casts a golden light over rolling farmland and colonial stone walls, with fall leaves painting ...

The state’s oldest dairy farm is tucked in the rolling hills of northern Rhode Island and has been pasteurizing ... After studying food science and sustainable agriculture at the University ...

"Farmers in the state have approached us saying [they] need help," says Ken Ayars, Rhode Island's chief of agriculture. In response, and to keep farming viable in Rhode Island, the state is ...