Year: 2011
I’m an architect working with a team of scientists and engineers to develop a type of Controlled Environment Agriculture that we are calling ZEA2™. The name might look like an…
By Megan Rosko, Age 18, Outsiders 4-H Club I have been completing garden projects for about ten years and will be taking my gardening skills to a higher level this…
By Brandon Knoll, Age 14, and Blaine Knoll, Age 12, Country Bunch 4-H Club We are brothers and we raise, breed, and show rabbits in 4-H and ARBA (American Rabbit…
By Jenna Brokaw, Age 16, Loon Lake Raiders 4-H Club I grew up on a small horse and dog farm in Steuben County named Hazel View Farm. My grandparents own…
The purpose of this article is to help dairies that are interested in having their milk processed into salable dairy products. Off-farm processing will alleviate the considerable time, effort, and…
This will be the fifth and last in a series of essays penned by Bill Duesing and edited by Suzanne Duesing from the book Living on the Earth: Eclectic Essays…
Glynwood is a non-profit organization in New York’s Hudson Valley with a mission to save farming by strengthening farm communities and regional food systems. A crucial part of this mission…
Living in the Hudson Valley provides ample opportunities to “eat local.” On any given summer weekend, a visit to the farmers market can provide the makings for an entire meal…
Two unexpected finds of late blight on tomato in greenhouses in the northeast during April plus detections in seed potatoes expose an unfortunate but important fact – everyone growing tomatoes…
The case has often been made that a diverse farm is less vulnerable if the market for one product, say pork, collapses. The other products produced on the farm will…
