The vision of small, diversified farms feeding the world, one community at a time, is a popular one. But is it viable?
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Market Watch: Cucumbers may be cool, but they can be warm, too
Scrape out the seeds, cut into crescents, and saute away.
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USDA launches new dairy insurance program
Dairy farmers can now sign up for a new program that replaces old subsidies, says U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The program launched on Tuesday. The program is a kind of insurance that pays farmers when the difference between milk prices and feed prices shrink to a certain level. It replaces a program that paid […]
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What’s that? A show box used for grooming cattle
It’s crammed with the many items that a 14-year-old exhibitor needs to make his animal look beefy and beautiful.
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Farmer grows familiar foods for Maine’s African refugees
Amaranth, unusual eggplants and more give people far from their native land the feeling of home.
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Satisfying summer tomato lust when your garden fails you
Local farms come through, with discounts on tomato seconds that can be put up for the long Maine winter.
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Heritage corn grows like it’s the 1600s at test plot in Falmouth
A local man tries to revive the flint corn and farming methods the Pilgrims learned from Native Americans.
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Alone in the kitchen with a (very, very, VERY large) zucchini
Sufferin’ succotash! What are you gonna do with this monster?
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Meet: Sara Trunzo, director of Veggies for All
Since 2007, the Unity-based project has raised 75,000 pounds of vegetables for people in need.
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What’s that? A saltwater farm
They may be beautiful and romantic, but for working farmers, that’s not always an advantage.