Reader tells about how she finally got to move back to the country and start her farm life
Before you add these new peepers to your coop, give them a good start to life with these helpful hints.
Courtesy Forest Footprints Disclosure/ Katherine Secoy In the Forest Footprints Disclosure survey, global companies share how their operations affect global forests and have the opportunity to learn ways to reduce deforestation. Three U.S. companies were recognized for their sustainability efforts as part of an initiative to reduce dependence on products—such as soy, palm oil, timber, […]
It’s still too chilly to work much in the garden and the ground is still too wet to be worked properly, but the signs of impending spring are all over the place.
Courtesy Tai Dinnan Thanks to the volunteers at the Somerville Maple Syrup Project, children in Somerville, Mass., can learn how real maple syrup is made. A couple of weeks ago, in Somerville, Mass., my friends and I walked single file down what was left of the sidewalks and crossed the city streets through cuts in […]
Courtesy Steve Mason/Photodisc/Thinkstock In order to fight food deserts and make room for healthy food options, South Los Angeles now limits the building of new fast-food restaurants. There’s no shortage of fast-food restaurants in South City of Angels. On the contrary: The City Council estimates that there are close to 1,000 fast-food restaurants in a […]
I have the benefits of city life alongside those of the barnyard.
Courtesy Hemera/Thinkstock New York City’s FoodWorks plan aims to transform the city’s food systems to make local food more accessible and sustainable. “New York state is home to over 36,000 farms and 7 million acres of farmland. We rank second in apple production—growing more than enough to meet our local demand. Yet we still import […]
This has been a cold winter with a bit of snow. Some of the tender stuff in the garden, like the clivia, is frost damaged, but most of the plants have come through fine. Some, like the succulents and cacti, have actually seemed to thrive.
Courtesy USDA/ Biopreferred Program The USDA expectsthat products containing the new certified biobased-product label will hit the market beginning in the spring or summer 2011. In an effort to raise consumer recognition of biobased products, the USDA’s BioPreferred program has implemented a product certification and labeling system. Now underway for nearly a month, the labeling […]
Photo by Judith Hausman I combined tart cranberries, oranges and golden raisins under a pretty lattice to make this cold-weather fruit pie. No, I didn’t make cherry pie for Presidents’ Day. I do adore cherries, but the only way I could have used them is if they came from very far away or if they […]
