Organic farming guru sows hope, insight at meeting (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA ? Eliot Coleman's midwinter sugar carrots are a huge hit with local schoolchildren. Chefs sign up early to purchase his "butter" chard, more commonly known as Swiss chard, and his golden frisee, AKA endive, and customers pay $3 a pound for the potatoes he sprouts in winter, plants in March and sells in May. ...more...Kingston is going green (The Rockingham News)
\KINGSTON ? The idea of children playing on fields laced with chemicals, or groundwater saturated with contaminants, is something that has bothered Rich St. Hilaire for some time. St. Hilaire, who oversees maintenance of the town's highway... ...more... Growers protect environment (Detroit News)
BRANDON TOWNSHIP -- For the last 29 years, Cathy and Frank Genovese have been on a mission: to protect the environment and keep chemicals from leaching into the groundwater at their Candy Cane Christmas Tree Farm...more... Ariz. ranchers in pickle over beef costs (AP via Yahoo! News)
Now that Turkey Day has come and gone, it's time to talk about ? well, beef....more... Ariz. Ranchers in Pickle Over Beef Costs (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Now that Turkey Day has come and gone, it's time to talk about -- well, beef. In Arizona, that's a meaty subject. Some of that has to do with two other ingestibles: corn and water....more... Ariz. ranchers in pickle over beef costs (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
Now that Turkey Day has come and gone, it's time to talk about - well, beef. In Arizona, that's a meaty subject. Some of that has to do with two other ingestibles: corn and water. Continued drought conditions are forcing many Arizona ranchers to thin their cattle herds this fall and winter, or to plan on doing so in the spring....more... Lauterbach: Don't prune woody plants until February (The Idaho Statesman)
Gardening columnist Margaret Lauterbach writes about when to prune shrubs and trees, building a rasied, mobile bed, "vertical" farming, and how nutritious really big veggies are. (They're not, really.) ...more... Ariz. ranchers in pickle over beef costs (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Now that Turkey Day has come and gone, it's time to talk about - well, beef. In Arizona, that's a meaty subject. Some of that has to do with two other ingestibles: corn and water. Continued drought conditions are forcing many Arizona ranchers to thin their cattle herds this fall and winter, or to plan on doing so in the spring. "They have to cull deeper, which means they take cattle that they ......more... Bella Terra Gardens -- back to the family farm in Zillah (Yakima Herald-Republic)
Give three women a little dirt, a pile of manure and a lot of vision and there's no end to what grows. Bella Terra Gardens is blossoming under the precept of sustainable, natural farming. Located in Zillah, it's a combination of organic farm, produce stand and future wave of agriculture....more... |