If you struggle with crop failure, you’re not alone. Take a look at the forces that challenge America’s agriculture.
Well, it's official: The 2012 gardening season is now underway!
iStockphoto/Thinkstock Starting in April, Organic Creamery’s cheese recipe contest will give home chefs the opportunity to win eco-friendly prizes for their kitchens. DCI Cheese Company recently announced its Pure Ingredients, Purely Delicious recipe contest, which will kick off in April and last through May. Sponsored by Organic Creamery, DCI Cheese Company’s line of certified-organic cheeses, […]
Kale's dark-green leaves are nutrition-dense and easy-to-grow, even out here in Italy.
Born in 1921, in Minneapolis, Minn., she’s the author of more than 150 cookbooks. Her name, as familiar in most American kitchens as Julia Childs and Martha Stewart, has headlined cooking schools throughout the country, and her trademark signature graces packages of everything from cake mixes to Hamburger Helper.
Photo by Judith Hausman Deviled eggs taste even better when made with fresh, local eggs. Out here in the East Coast, it’s the season of birth and rebirth, so it’s not surprising that eggs figure into the celebrations coming up. Whether it’s the chicks or the eggs that come first is another issue, but both […]
I built a Murphy bed this weekend! OK, I actually put one together. There's a big difference.
Photo by iStockphoto/Thinkstock To coincide with Earth Day (April 22), many California wineries are participating in a month-long celebration of Earth-friendly wines throughout April. Participating wineries make their vino sustainably. The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization created by the Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers, created the Certified […]
Photo by Audrey Pavia Mr. Mabel tempts face as he loiters dangerously close to Milagro’s hooves. I’m not one of these people who assume chickens are stupid. I know they have that reputation, but I think they are actually pretty smart. They learn quickly, have a surprising capacity to think things out and are very […]
One of the crops I am most looking forward to growing from seed for the first time this year is ground cherries. I first tasted them a few years ago while visiting a friend's farm.
Photo by Judith Hausman Countless salad options are available during springtime. The oaks and maples redden up, the willows get yellow and the forsythia burst. Crocus and snowbells catch the eye with color, and in this oddly warm year, first salads are in the bowl in March in the Hudson Valley. The unheated hoop houses […]
It's the ultimate for a farmsteadtarian: going out on the town for a sumptuous dinner. Pop-up dinners make fine dining all the more fun and delicious.
