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Five agri-stories you should read today (2/18)
Several of today’s stories are curious. Silicon Valley is planning more investment into agriculture, one project is watering tomatoes with seawater and one Texas town is preventing forest fires with goats.
Ohio State researchers clone a gene that regulates fruit size in crops
Esther van der Knaap, a geneticist with the university’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, led an international research team that discovered and cloned a gene that regulates fruit size in tomato.
Need a seed? Our National Seed Swap Day resource will help
Having a difficult time finding that heirloom tomato you bought at a farmers market last summer? Why not attend a seed swap? And what better time to find a seed swap than National Seed Swap Day?
Lasagna gardening: A tantalizing technique
The word “lasagna” brings mouth-watering thoughts of baked pasta noodles layered in tomato sauce, fresh garlic, meat, and melted cheese. But in the world of gardening and composting, “lasagna gardening” is far from tasty. It gets its name from the layers created on Mother Nature’s giant sheet pan.
Pennsylvania potato growers celebrate 100 years of cooperation
The Pennsylvania Cooperative Potato Growers was chartered in 1922 and grew into a marketing powerhouse for the potato growers across the Mid-Atlantic.
One potato, two potato, three potato, 400 potatoes
Thanksgiving fascinates Kymberly Foster Seabolt because it’s the only meal that feels incomplete without two types of potatoes.
Tiny tubers aren’t ‘small potatoes’
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A Clemson University scientist at the Coastal Research and Education Center hopes some tiny tubers will become more than “small potatoes” for farmers.
How to grow potatoes from seed potatoes
Learn how to prepare, plant and grow seed potatoes to avoid common pitfalls and maximize yields at harvest.
Meat and potatoes: A look back at life through food
Probably 20 years ago, I was prevailed upon by my late cousin Peg Townsend to write down recollections from my childhood. At first I was reluctant, but I finally did it. The following ramblings are excerpted from those memories through what we ate on our farm during the 1940s. Sweet as sugar. Before the war,
Visiting Peru with Richard Romito
Richard Romito, of Middleburg, Florida, went to Cuzco, Peru with Farm and Dairy in May 2023.
