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Are organic foods healthier or is it just the ‘halo effect’?
BETHESDA, Md. — If cookies are “organic,” they should be better for you, right? And worth more money, right? Jenny Wan-chen Lee, a graduate student at Cornell University, has been fascinated with a phenomenon known as “the halo effect” for some time. Halo effect Psychologists have long recognized that how we perceive a particular trait
Some things haven’t changed since 1913
“The idea that the chemical analysis of soil gives an accurate showing as to its needs for fertilization has long since been shown by scientists to be far from true.” — from Making Special Crops Pay by Delbert Utter While reading through this little book, which was evidently one of a series in The Practical
‘Father of the Qualified Herdbook’: McKarns receives national award
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – At an Ohio Holstein Association winter forum in 1986, Columbiana County dairyman Bill McKarns raised an idea about opening the national association’s registry to include grade cattle.
Longevity in dairy cows matters to climate change
Ohio State Extension educator Luciana Bignardi da Costa suggests climate smart practices farmers can adopt to give their cows a lengthy, productive life.
Pasture walk spotlighted N.Y. organic dairy
SHERMAN, N.Y. — Doug and Dana Murphy of Nettle Hill Corners near Sherman, N.Y., recently hosted a pasture walk at their certified organic dairy. They are milking 65 head, mainly Jersey and Holstein/Jersey crosses. Although the premium seems enticing, there is more to being organic than just laying off the pesticides and medications. The three
Mercer County 4-H Roundup Auction Results
Find out who topped the livestock competitions at this year’s Mercer County, Pa., 4-H Roundup.
Maintaining Ohio’s forests with European ecological forestry
Jim Gresh and his wife, Heidi, are using a technique called European ecological forestry to enhance the biodiversity and habitat within their Ohio forests.
Here’s What’s Cooking in Brenda Baker’s Kitchen
Congratulations to our Week One Reader’s Kitchen Winner, Brenda Baker! Learn a little about our winner and get her featured recipes!
One Man’s Wilderness will inspire travel to Alaska’s unknown places
Have you ever wished for a year of alone time, just traveling wherever your heart tugs you?
Have a merry every day
As I write this the tree it twinkling, the cookies are soon to be baking, and I am slowly freaking out as I make a list and check it twice
