Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kale and other greens grow in a field at Peaceful Belly Farm in Caldwell, Idaho on July 7, 2022. (Carly Whitmore/U.S. Department ...

Farmland across the U.S. is disappearing by the millions of acres each decade by some estimates as sprawling urban development driven by rising housing costs pushes further into rural pastures. The ...

Southwest Idaho farmers Camas and Miguel Villafana plan to take advantage of the state’s new farmland preservation law as soon as possible. “We’re going to apply to protect our parcels,” Miguel said. ...

Driving on US-26 from Meridian west toward Nampa and Caldwell, one cannot help but notice that what used to be productive farms and dairies has — seemingly overnight — turned into a suburban sprawl of ...

BOISE, Idaho — If you’ve lived in Idaho for any length of time, you’ve probably said it. You’re driving by a subdivision or other development, you look out and tell your passenger, “I remember when ...

Two years ago, Galen Lee was trying to buy a plot of land in Fruitland to farm, but he was outbid by a housing developer for twice as much as he could offer. Lee is a fourth generation farmer in ...

Driving on US-26 from Meridian west toward Nampa and Caldwell, one cannot help but notice that what used to be productive farms and dairies has — seemingly overnight — turned into a suburban sprawl of ...