Fast food? No such thing in 1930s

In historical terms, I had never really thought about how young our country was in the 1930s. The United States Regional Cook Book, edited by Ruth Berolzheimer, copyright 1939, made me realize this simply by the index of the book. Broken down in sections for the Scandinavian part of the country, the Wisconsin Dutch and

Uncle Honey was all thumbs

A morning thunderstorm ripped through my rural farmette recently and in its wake I found a front yard peppered with green walnuts, a sky bluer than the Pacific and memories as warm as the August afternoon that threatened. On the big dairy farm of my youth, everyone — my two older brothers and I, my

‘Mooofins’ win first place in national finals

When you think of national championships and Penn State defeating teams from Iowa State and Ohio State universities, you think football, volleyball or wrestling, right?

But the Food Science Product Development Team? Well you can add muffins — or rather mooofins — to footballs, volleyballs and wrestling mats as props to a student squad title.

Michigan hospital hires its own farmer

  WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital has hired a resident farmer to grow organic produce for patients in its new greenhouse, now open on its 160–acre campus. The $1 million complex, including an education center was funded entirely by an anonymous donor. Educational component The greenhouse will provide clinically based educational

Let’s put knowledge to work: Support land-grant mission

We are in an atmosphere of questioning spending, taxes and finding ways for all levels of government to live within its means. But cutting investments in agricultural R&D, innovation and education is like eating your seed corn — and next year you’ll go hungry.

Protect this year’s Christmas tree crop

RALEIGH, N.C. — Hair clippings, cayenne pepper and raw eggs — these are just a few of the odd ingredients recommended to keep those pesky deer away from your backyard garden. But what about farmers who have hundreds of acres of Christmas trees to protect? An alternative North Carolina State University extension specialists have now