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Scientists pursue weed control options for use in organic production systems
LAWRENCE, Kan. — What is the most critical problem facing today’s organic grower? The USDA’s Invasive Weed Management Unit says the answer is weeds. They rob fields of moisture, compete with crops for nutrients, reduce yields and drive up costs. Solutions But a number of innovative research projects are underway to improve tried and true
Sad and Silly Stuff
I sat at our sun-parched picnic table, soaked in the midday warmth, and enjoyed a light lunch that I’d carried out on a tray.
My summer as a kitchen migrant
Sometime in the early summer of 1965 I migrated from my mother’s hot kitchen and the family’s enormous garden to our farm’s sweltering hayfields and crowded milking parlor.
My name is Kymberly and I’m an auction addict
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt thinks auctions need an “addictive substance warning.”
Spinning food processing waste into ‘gold’
There is money to be made — and the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — by finding a second life for food-processing waste products.
Turning compost into cash: Mixture yields return for organic garlic farmer
ROOTSTOWN, Ohio – Bill Pennell thrives on horse manure, hard work and heaping piles of soil. That, and bread with a little smear of a homemade mixture he simply labels ‘tonic,’ a mixture that includes cayenne peppers, horseradish and garlic grown right at home.
Beetles may ruin asparagus patch
Learn to identify and prevent damage from asparagus beetles.
Southeast Ohio farmers offered free energy assessments
Farmers in an eight-county region of southeast Ohio can take advantage of free solar, geothermal or bio-methane assessments through July 1, 2018.
Grandma Helen’s goal was to provide education, and students can’t learn when hungry
Grandma Helen knew the importance of nutrition and good education.
Friends, neighbors lend helping hand to Harstine Dairy
Tuscarawas County farmers help one of their own in time of need.
