Home › Small Farm, Homestead and Organic Magazines
Small Farm, Homestead and Organic Magazines
Magazines for small farms, homesteaders, organic and regenerative growers, and rural families raising food on a few acres.
This section of FarmPress.org profiles 13 publications. Each profile covers the title's history, its current publisher and format, what it is publishing now, its editors and staff, and links to the agriculture authorities and sources behind the facts.
- Acres U.S.A.Acres U.S.A. magazine from Charles Walters' 1971 founding to its regenerative farming focus today, the Eco-Ag Conference, and editors Meyer and Kempf.
- Agrarian Living (Homesteaders of America)Agrarian Living magazine, the twice-yearly print publication of Homesteaders of America, founded by Amy Fewell in 2016: its content, editor and readers.
- Capper's Farmer (Ogden Publications)Capper's Farmer, the Ogden Publications quarterly on country living whose name goes back to Arthur Capper's Topeka farm journals: history, content and readers.
- Countryside (Ogden Publications)Countryside magazine, the homesteading title rooted in the 1917 Pet Stock Journal and JD Belanger's 1969 Countryside, now an Ogden Publications brand: history.
- Farming Magazine (Ohio, David Kline)Farming Magazine, the seasonal quarterly edited by Amish farmer and author David Kline in Mt. Hope, Ohio: its history, columnists, content and readers.
- Hobby FarmsHobby Farms magazine from its 2001 BowTie launch to EG Media Investments in Lexington, Kentucky: small-farm content, Chickens magazine and the editors.
- Mother Earth NewsMother Earth News from John and Jane Shuttleworth's 1970 launch to Ogden Publications in Topeka: homesteading content, the Fairs and editor Ana Skemp.
- Organic Broadcaster (Marbleseed)Organic Broadcaster, the organic farming paper published since 1992 by Marbleseed, formerly MOSES, of Spring Valley, Wisconsin: its history, content and staff.
- Rural MessengerThe Rural Messenger, a weekly Kansas newspaper delivered by route and drop location, with local news, community notices and farm advertising: profile and staff.
- Small Farmer's JournalSmall Farmer's Journal, Lynn R. Miller's agrarian quarterly from Sisters, Oregon, since 1976: its horse farming and family farm content and its readers.
- Small Farms Quarterly (Cornell)Small Farms Quarterly, the Cornell Small Farms Program publication since 2003, inserted in Country Folks: its history, Northeast farm content and editors.
- The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener (MOFGA)The Maine Organic Farmer and Gardener, MOFGA's quarterly from Unity, Maine: its history, editors from Jean English to Holli Cederholm, content and readers.
- The Natural Farmer (NOFA)The Natural Farmer, the quarterly of the Northeast Organic Farming Association mailed to all seven NOFA chapters: its history, content, editor and readers.
Between serious reads, farm families can catch a laugh at farm.FM, the nation's first satirical farm site, with farm satire, ranch humor and Tractor Tunes, country music for farmers.
Other categories
- National Farm Magazines
- Regional and State Farm Magazines
- Regional Farm and Ranch Newspapers
- Farm Bureau Publications
- Farmers Union, Grange and Market Bulletins
- Beef Cattle and Ranching Magazines
- State Cattlemen's Association Magazines
- Cattle Breed Journals
- Dairy Magazines
- Hog, Poultry, Sheep, Goat and Bee Magazines
- Horse and Mule Magazines
- Crops, Agronomy and Commodity Magazines
- Fruit, Vegetable and Specialty Crop Magazines
- Farm Equipment and Antique Machinery Magazines
- Ag News, Agribusiness and Farm Radio
- Rural Lifestyle and Western Heritage Magazines