A Quiet Revolution: What Small Farms Need in 2026
2026 doesn’t feel like a trend year.
It feels like a decision year.
In this solo episode of One Bite is Everything, Dana DiPrima reflects on what she’s heard over the past year from farmers, eaters, and innovators across the food system and why small farms can’t keep fighting the same battles the same way.
This conversation isn’t about predictions or hot takes. It’s about pressure points. The quiet, accumulating strain that asks small farms to absorb rising costs, explain themselves endlessly, and compete with convenience culture one customer at a time.
That approach isn’t resilience. It’s erosion.
Drawing from conversations, grant applications, interviews, and the For Farmers Movement Listening Tour, Dana explores what changes when we actually listen to farmers and design systems around how they really live and work.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why the old “tell your story better” playbook isn’t enough anymore
- What farmers are telling us about stability, scale, and exhaustion
- Five forks in the road facing small farms in 2026, from cost and convenience to collective power
- Why incremental fixes won’t solve structural problems
- What a real, quiet small-farm revolution could look like
- The role eaters must play in changing expectations and sharing the burden
This episode is an invitation. To think differently. To ask better questions.
And to decide what we’re willing to stand behind in 2026.
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Dana DiPrima, host & producer
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