Editor's note: This is the second part in a series on Nettle Valley Farm. Click here to read the first part. SPRING GROVE, Minnesota ― Dayna Burtness said pig season at Nettle Valley farm is the ...

"Come on pig, pig, pig, pig, pigs," Amanda Hand called on a recent Wednesday morning. From across the grassy pasture, snorts and squeals from 21 Kunekune pigs erupted. They ran through the tall grass ...

Editor's note: This is the first in a continuing series on Nettle Valley Farm. SPRING GROVE, Minn. ― Dayna Burtness and Nick Nguyen make up the minds and hands behind Nettle Valley Farm, where from ...

MENAHGA, Minn. — You’d never guess there was a severe drought at Single Cedar Farm in Menahga, Minnesota, south of Wolf Lake. Robert and Sue Keranen operate a 100% perennial, pasture-based farm. They ...

NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (WFXR) — “This little piggy went to the market…..” With profit margins razor thin, one of the hottest trends among small farmers these days is diversification; adding new crops or ...

That means the pigs wake up at first light, and wander out to graze and eat breakfast out on the pasture for a few hours. Then they all wander back as a herd, Burtness said, to spend the rest of the ...