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One of the best and easiest ways to keep your compost pile aerobic, or full of oxygen that speeds the decomposition process, ...
Many common weeds are fast-growing annuals that germinate, grow, and set seed in just a month or two. That means just a ...
However, there are gourds that grow in the desert with very little water. Bottle gourds and luffa (which is a highly ...
The day that I met Alanna Kieffer was spectacularly sunny with a gentle saline breeze—a rarity on the rainy Oregon coast. It was my first visit to Cannon ...
“Farming, ranching, field base food production were a big part of Indigenous culture in this region that got wiped out by the Indian Act,” says Beaton. When the act was enacted in 1876, it took ...
“All we do is work with organic farmers. We understand the risk. We understand the challenges and the types of capital it takes to facilitate [a regenerative] transition,” says Brandon Welch, ...
However, Gaisoa isn’t threatened by the corporate farms because they’re often motivated by profit, not cultural preservation, she says. “There’s nothing to compare.” The Hanapēpē salt ponds are a ...
Barry Friesen remembers the days when plastic wasn’t used on farms. “One of my first summer jobs was working as a farm hand on a dairy farm,” he recalls.
“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 ...
On the last Tuesday of August, a vehicle pulled into Providence Farm in McLeansville, North Carolina. Joy Combs had been expecting these guests—they were ...
After 32 years as an assistant paralegal, Tracye Beer is launching a new career—as an agricultural drone pilot. When the 57-year-old lost her job back in February, she wanted to prioritize spending ...