You may already know about the most common form of interseeding, which often occurs in corn fields. Farmers who manage what were once massive monocrops of corn have begun to interplant various cover ...

For farms across North America, there is much to plant in May. Growers in areas with hot summers still have time to sow crops that love the heat, while those with short seasons can get their autumnal ...

Small farms have a pretty big advantage. They don’t need to ascribe to industrial means of growing. That means less tilling and fewer pesticides. The ability to have a regenerative operation is much ...

In Fairbanks, Alaska, a radio advertisement from a local heat products store, The Woodway, says, “Fall is winter’s two-minute warning.” The growing season is short, from mid-May to mid-September, and ...

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In a black and white photo snapped in the early 1940s, a young, central Ohio farm girl beams from beneath a straw hat. Around her neck is a small scarf; she wears a pair of overalls. The photo arrived ...

“The rose industry was moving off shore. It had been happening for a long time, but it got to the point where we couldn’t compete with the price of imported roses,” recalls Pinchbeck. The farm was ...

Marcy and Geoff Larson firmly believe that necessity is the mother of invention. “We live outside the box, so we think outside the box,” says Geoff of the can-do attitude that propelled the couple to ...

Today, more than 620,000 miles of fence branch across the western United States. That’s equal to a trip to the moon and back—and halfway there again. Maintaining and building fences is a yearly job on ...

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two ...

Food fraud has been happening since humans first began to buy and sell food, thousands of years ago. Early Romans faked premium wines and added lead salts to sweeten their drinks, while medieval ...