Photo by Rick Gush I can’t live without my garden scissors! Usually when I wax poetic about by my garden tools, I’m talking about sturdy, blacksmith-made shovels, picks and trowels that I can get here in Italy. Today, however, I’m going to laud one of my seldom-mentioned but often-used garden tools: my scissors. Many other […]
Photo by Nelson Zink It’s assumed most Native American communities are adept at farming grains and produce. So you can imagine how shocked Robert Mirabal, a two-time Grammy-winning musician of Taos, N.M., and actor in the 2009 Lifetime film Georgia O’Keefe, was to discover the opposite. Instead of sitting back and watching the demise of […]
Photo courtesy iStockphoto/Thinkstock This week, the State of Ohio agreed to abandon a rule that prohibited farmers from stating how their organic milk products were produced. On Monday, the State of Ohio agreed that it would no longer pursue regulations limiting the labeling of organic dairy products. Previously, Ohio had attempted to prohibit statements on labels […]
The leaves are really coming down now, and there is definitely a nip in the air. We have been busy raking and shredding the leaves and piling them into the compost bins—an endless chore to say the least.
Photo courtesy fotofrog/iStockphoto Schmidt has spent almost two decades fighting for the rights of Canadians to drink raw milk. Current Canadian law requires all milk to be pasteurized before it’s sold. The next time you go to the farmers mark et, Michael Schmidt wants you to have the option to purchase raw milk. Schmidt, the […]
Photo by Audrey Pavia Shiva, the little Sebright who got me started in chickens. I was looking at my flock of bantams the other day and suddenly remembered how I came to own chickens. It was all thanks to a Sebright hen by the name of Shiva. Ever since I was a kid, I had […]
Photo by Mathew P. Gonzalez Any urban farmer will tell you that farming is more than just a hobby; it’s a lifestyle — one that includes a number of daily responsibilities, especially when it comes to livestock. There are eggs to collect, goats to milk, weeds to pull, and more. Even during slower seasons, when […]
