In the mid-19th Century, the United States saw the emergence ... The Huron County Poor Farm in Michigan is a notable example, evolving over nearly 150 years into the Huron County Medical Care ...

Some Ohio farms have stayed in one family for more than 100 years. Those families are working to preserve their agricultural ...

High land prices and a rise in institutional investing in farmland are making it difficult for small farmers to compete.

Throughout the nineteenth century, the United States had been mostly a nation of farmers, who lived in the country. Indeed, immigrants came to America seeking land that they could farm.

While displaced farmers found work in these industries ... In his 1898 book summarising human achievement in the 19th century, Wallace declared that the worst aspect of the century was the ...