Another spring to summer bloomer, winecups are a boon for potatoes due to their ability to bring in green lacewings. They ...

As heat and water scarcity increase, farmers have to adjust their strategies to ensure good production. The bottom line is important, but so is conserving non-renewable resources. Dry farming is one ...

Sustainability was a big draw for The Oberon Group, which owns restaurants and food markets in the Catskills and New York City. They introduced dairy beef in 2017, and while customers supported the ...

It's aesthetically pleasing, yes, but there's more to the story about why barns are red.

Looking for perennials for agroforestry plantings, swales, or windbreaks? Plant these edible perennials in May and enjoy nuts, fruits, and delicious veggies for years to come.

One of the best and easiest ways to keep your compost pile aerobic, or full of oxygen that speeds the decomposition process, ...

Limiting or ceasing tillage offers improvements to soil health, but it can lead to problems with weeds. Here are a few ways you can beat weeds in a no-till environment.

In Kentucky, Gatewood was the only man in the state (and perhaps, all of politics) to find mononymous notoriety. Gatewood was nothing short of a cult figure. Known far and wide as the hemp-promoting, ...

“Why can we only get lamb in the US, as opposed to mutton?” That’s what Bobbie Kramer, a veterinarian near Portland, Oregon, was wondering when she ...

Bourbon barrels are made from fresh white oaks, but we’re running out of viable trees. Now, the very industry that contributed to the problem has the most invested in finding the solution.

Eerily empty, abandoned fields stretch across the coast of the southeast United States, replacing once sprawling fields of golden wheat, corn and soybeans. For centuries, farmers have favored the rich ...

Others, categorized as drought-tolerant crops, require very little. So, if you’re short on water, there’s no need to let it stop you from growing. There are a number of crops you can plant that ...