Spring ushers in the return of the bluebirds, tulips and, increasingly, members of community-supported-agriculture farms.Here are four ways to make the most of your CSA membership.
Martok the goat gives advice on what to do if your farm dog comes in contact with a snake.
Martok the goat gives you the lowdown on a mysterious disease that’s wiping out American bat populations.
"It seemed obvious,” Scott Lynch says with a grin when asked why he and his family started La Fortuna Pizza, a mobile wood-fired pizza business based in Madison, Wis., that features local ingredients. But Scott’s not trying to be coy: "We have a passion for local food, love to cook and find a deep satisfaction in making people happy. Pizza brings these all together.”
Last Thursday, when Mom brought our breakfast, she said, "Punxsutawney Phil says we're having six more weeks of winter this year."
When I told my animal friends that I didn't know what to blog about this week, Carlotta said, "Talk about me! Blog about wild pigs!"
For most of us, winter brings four certainties: Catching up on sleep, completing tax returns, ordering from seed catalogues, and reconnecting with new or old farming friends farming conferences.
The U.S.’s first National Farm to School Month sets the stage for an alternative farm-marketing opportunity.
Put the chill on your winter feed expenses by planting cool-season forages for your livestock.
A recent major outbreak of listeriosis in cantaloupes serves as a warning to hobby farmers to guard against food-borne diseases.
Use this visual diagram of an aquaculture pond to consider the best way to build your operation.
We just picked our first two melons of the season and enjoyed them with our dinner. I couldn’t remember what kind they were so it was kind of thrilling to cut into them and find out what was inside. The outside looked nothing like a cantaloupe, but that’s exactly what the inside looked and tasted like, only not quite as sweet.
