Beth Hoffman

Beth Hoffman has reported on food and agriculture for more than twenty-five years, airing on NPR, The World, Latino USA, Living on Earth in addition to writing for many publications. She has a Masters from UC Berkeley's School of Journalism and has completed several documentary projects, including a year cooking with immigrant women in their homes and telling their stories. She was an Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of San Francisco and now lives in rural Iowa raising grass-finished cattle on Whippoorwill Creek Farm. She is currently writing a book on the economics of farming and her farm blog can be found at Iowa-farm.com.

Cows graze in between trees and by a fence while a farmer and a dog watch. November 2021
She spent years as an ag journalist, often writing about how precarious life can be for small farmers. Then she started farming.
Culture
by Beth Hoffman + Jesse Hirsch
11.11.2021
Culture
Two free range pigs in a field. October 2020
During the pandemic, we bought our first whole hog. Eating direct and local is harder than it sounds—it was a pain in the ass.
Culture
by Beth Hoffman
10.09.2020
Culture
As the operations of family farms changes, so does the way farms are tranferred from one generation to another. Credit: USDA / Flickr, March 2019
Why transitioning a farm from one generation to the next is trickier than ever
Culture
by Beth Hoffman
03.25.2019
Culture
a white barnhouse sits on a farm in Iowa
Ninety-nine percent of America’s farms are family-owned. But only half are family-farmed.
Environment
by Beth Hoffman
05.24.2018
Environment