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Corrected ballots for FSA county committee election in the mail
Ballots for the Farm Service Agency (Butler, Beaver, Allegheny counties) county committee election were mailed out Nov. 4 for Local Administrative Area 2 and 4; however the ballots were printed incorrectly.
After Deepwater Horizon spill, scientists focus on food web
Rutgers University has found which animals affected by the Deepwater Horizon explosion should be given top priority for conservation and protection.
New biopesticide for organic food boom
PHILADELPHIA — With the boom in consumption of organic foods creating a pressing need for natural insecticides and herbicides that can be used on crops certified as “organic,” biopesticide pioneer Pam Marrone, is reporting development of a new “green” pesticide obtained from an extract of the giant knotweed. That 12-foot-high Goliath, named for the jointed
Ask Jen about zucchini
What do you do with all of those extra zukes? You pick all that are ready, load them in your kids’ wagon, and get going.
Get the grill ready: Beef marinade recipes and tips
It’s May, so fire up the grill! Try these recipes for garlic-thyme, BBQ and chili-cilantro marinades and check out these marinading tips.
Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off to take place on Oct. 14 in Canfield
The Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers “Annual World Record Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off” will be on Oct. 14 this year.
Planting Time
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb shares the goodness of gardening and the pride of planting.
March Madness calls for prep changes
Farmers want to know when better weather is going to stay for good, rather than just visit like an out of town relative.
Consider your grazing management
I have written in the past about dealing with forage quality when it is raining every day and when we have been short on rain for extended periods of time. It seems like this year many of us are falling in the “raining every day since hay season started” end of the spectrum. Quality vs.
‘Bioneer’ Joel Salatin shares ag vision with local producers
AUGUSTA, Ohio — Joel Salatin thinks in terms of multiples: multiple uses for land, multiple uses for equipment, multiple uses for animals. In fact, he’s christened his home in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Polyface Farm, or “the farm of many faces.” He embraces so many ventures and crosses so many philosophical lines that it’s hard to
