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Is there an agricultural sustainability consensus?
(Part I of II) What does it really mean to farm sustainably? To be committed to agricultural sustainability? Ask 10 people and you’ll get 10 answers — some of them vigorously in opposition to other answers. There is, however, agreement that sustainability in agriculture is essential for the planet’s health and future — to our
Tell a farmer ‘thank you.’ Today.
Above: Note from a Farm and Dairy reader North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler was eating lunch with some staff members at a local restaurant recently when a woman walked by, laid a napkin on his table, and kept on walking to the cash register. “I picked up the napkin and noticed she had written
Enjoying the fruits of our labor
Eric Keller shares his enthusiasm for reaping the rewards of his recent harvest.
How to preserve an abundance of cucumbers by making freezer pickles
An abundance of cucumbers can be safely preserved for long-term storage by making freezer pickles. Learn how it works and how to make your first batch.
We take our blessings for granted
It goes without saying that some things have been such a simple little part of our life that each is not even recognized as the gifts that they are.
We love the butterflies, but hate the skunks: Dealing with wildlife in garden
Unless they are decorative and made of plastic or cement, wildlife in the garden can present a challenge.
Scientists help corn-based plastics take the heat
Corn-based plastics that take the heat better for earth WASHINGTON — Those little plastic coffee-cup lids that keep your steaming hot java from sloshing all over you might someday be made from biodegradable, corn-based plastic. Making corn-derived plastics more heat-tolerant, so that they won’t distort when they’re not supposed to, is one of several top-priority
Eggs. Yep, they’re incredible and edible
I buy brown eggs from a local fellow who delivers them to me at work. Not only are they beautiful to look at, and extra fresh (they didn’t peel well at Easter time), but I’ve read that free range eggs rate high in nutritional value. No matter where you get your eggs they are a
OARDC awarded $1.5 million grant for energy-generation project
COLUMBUS – Ohio Gov. Bob Taft has awarded a $1.5 million Third Frontier Wright Project grant to the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster.
The Darr dash
NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio – This farm office is a flurry of activity. George Darr and his intern sit facing one another in the Sunset Acres second-floor farm office, dialing or answering the phone almost nonstop.
