President Trump made his view of the North American Free Trade Agreement very clear during the presidential election. He called NAFTA “the worst trade deal in … the history of this...
Eating local is a way to cut down on food miles and emissions. Economically, you support your own community, not large companies. Environmentally, your food travels less, and you know more where it’s...
Instead of running to the grocery store every time you need these 9 vegetables, look no further than your kitchen. Instead of tossing these into the composite bin, you can start growing! With just...
It makes a difference when you buy and eat locally produced food. 1. Promote a Local Economy Spent locally, our dollars recirculate in our communities. Buying directly from local farmers generates...
The name says it all. Tomato Armyworms show up in droves to consume the leaves and ruin the fruit of your beautiful tomato plants. They will eat the fruits wether green or red, they turn leaves into...
Breyer’s, one of America’s largest and oldest ice cream producers, just announced that it will stop making its ice cream with milk from cows treated with Monsanto’s widely used artificial growth...
The National Young Farmers Coalition released a new guide for farmers, designed to provide an introduction to land trusts and explain the process of partnering with a land trust to access affordable...
When planting onions you have several options: sets (small immature onion plants), bulbs, or seed. Onions started from seed store better than sets, but mature later. Many folks start seeds in flats...
When people come over to visit they are always amazed to see that we grow figs–in Missouri. Growing up, I had never seen anyone grow them in this area either, and was skeptical that it could...
The farm stand is an idyllic part of rural America. It allows products to be sold where they are grown, often on an honor system. A farm stand can be an important source of income for a small farm...