Animal Agriculture Family Farming Ranching 
Food Tank
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Trisha and Nolan Zachman farm in a small town two hours west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a fourth-generation farmer, Trisha says that her farm today looks a lot different from her childhood. Trisha says niche markets like this are critical to keeping small family farms like theirs alive. “If
Food Tank
JANUARY 10, 2025
And getting into poultry got very, very expensive…because infrastructure [costs] really ramped up, says Hutton, who decided poultry farming was not the right fit for his family. In 2016, they began pig farming by joining Niman Ranch, a network of more than 600 small to mid-sized, independent U.S.
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Food Tank
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Today, he’s a sixth-generation pig farmer partnering with Niman Ranch. By his senior year, Williams was trying to figure out how to return home and take over the family farm. The best thing about Niman Ranch is how transparent they are. Now, he enjoys a healthy balance of time between farming and his young family. “It’s
Food Tank
JULY 19, 2024
“Animal science is what’s taught in college now…It used to be animal husbandry, [meaning] the real relationship it takes to steward and take care of these animals, not just produce pork.” The family’s farm serves as a model for how smaller-scale, humane hog farming can be both environmentally and economically sustainable.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 4, 2024
In 2016, they began working with Niman Ranch, a network of over 600 small to mid-sized, independent U.S. family farmers and ranchers that uphold high standards of sustainable and humane farming practices. With fewer from the next generation taking over family farms, they are often bought by large-scale farmers and consolidated.
Food Tank
JANUARY 5, 2024
Eric and Mikala both knew that they could raise hogs outdoors, but it wasn’t until they started partnering with Niman Ranch that they could make it work financially and begin to grow their business. “I Niman Ranch is a network of more than 600 small and mid-size farmers and ranchers across the U.S.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 6, 2023
“We have five different businesses here that we do…the animals make the least amount of money, but it’s what I really want to be doing. The Wahls partner with Niman Ranch, a network of more than 600 small and mid-size farmers and ranchers across the United States. I can’t get away from them.”
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