Indiana has fewer farming operations now — about 55,000 across the state, according to the latest U.S. Agricultural Census data. That’s down about 2,000 from just five years ago and 5,000 ...

Farm Two. In a 60,000-square foot indoor farm in Queens, New York, growers took the opposite approach: They got rid of soil completely. It’s one of Gotham Greens’ climate-controlled farms, ...

shaped farming into a two-part system: large-scale commercial farmers and small-scale farmers. Both types are important in the agricultural economy.