It's Hemp History Week (June 2-8, 2014), and I would like to clear the smoke on some hemp confusion.
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) is running rampant across the country, and it's up to small-scale farmers to keep our bacon supply safe.
Having a hard day? These farm animals prove that you need to fight for the good life.

Watch out Michigan farmers! Nuisance laws no longer will protect you from curmudgeonly neighbors.
I have traveled all over the world, yet I have never been to Vermont. I hate that I have to say that, but it's true. Someday I will get there, and when I do, I would like to do some grocery shopping.
In our newest blog, farmer/writer Lisa Munniksma digs around in the dirty world of sustainable ag news and politics.
Researchers in North Carolina look at the lifespan and habits of a tiny parasitic wasp that preys on the eggs of stinkbugs.
Small-scale and family farms are highlighted as a means to eradicate worldwide hunger and improve food security during a United Nations-declared campaign.
The USDA is taking action against widespread viruses that affect pigs in different parts of the world before they cause problems in the U.S.
A genetic mutation in corn leads to discoveries about how to control the western corn rootworm beetle, which threatens U.S. corn crops.
The FDA begins a three-year phase-out of medically important antimicrobials in food-production animals.