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More than a token: Urban agriculture ‘not gonna feed the world,’ but has much to offer close to home
While urban agriculture can’t necessarily feed the world, experts and farmers agree that it can be an important part of city food systems.
Let forages guide grazing management
Learn to pair forages that progress to maturity at similar times for a more uniform harvest with increased quality and yield.
Spying on the secret life of bumblebees
RFID microchips provide glimpses into a colony of bumblebees, and how they gather nectar.
USDA unveils new ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’ for urban rarmers and agri-business entrepreneurs
The toolkit is designed to help entrepreneurs and community leaders successfully create jobs and increase access to healthy food through urban agriculture.
The Whippet: More than just an old automobile
Folks often ask how I think of stuff to write about, and while I sometimes really have to scratch to come up with a subject, especially when a deadline is breathing down my neck, things I see in my travels often trigger a memory that leads to an idea for a story.
The lure of the weather market
Delayed planting across the country has led to a weather market, and that is dangerous for farmers and traders alike.
Bees, honey, supplies: Queen Right Colonies is a beekeeper’s destination
For most people, just one bee landing on an arm is enough to induce fear — if not panic. Imagine, if you can, a half-million. That’s about how many Lorain County beekeeper Denzil St. Clair figures he had on him in 2006, when he competed for the Guinness World Book of Records for most bees on one person.
Dr. Smith’s ‘Two Dollar Steak’ completed at Stone Gate Farm
Dr. David Smith, DVM, bought a structure that he had seen in Farm and Dairy’s classifieds section.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 12, 2009
JEROMESVILLE, Ohio — The Hillsdale FFA sent 22 members to Indianapolis for National Convention. Among the members, there were two teams: Poultry and Parliamentary Procedure. Hannah Crossen chaired sessions and gave her retiring address as she ended her year as the National Eastern-Region vice president. Addie Runkle, Kristin Flickinger and Mike Dyer received the American
Ashland County Dairy Service meets
JEROMESVILLE, Ohio — The Ashland County Dairy Service Unit met for its 65th annual meeting March 14 at Hillsdale High School.
The evening began with a welcome by Unit Director Ryan Welch who introduced Ashland County Farm Bureau Organizational Director John Fitzpatrick.
