Articles written by Steph L.

One sick chicken

By • on September 23, 2010

With a few exceptions, the animals on my farm are not pets. My sheep and chickens have jobs to do -- eating grass and bugs, making eggs and meat and babies.

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Getting Lodi’d: It’s raining apples!

By • on July 8, 2010

When nature calls on the farm, we listen. Meaning, when a fruit

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Battling the bugs—and the temptation to use chemical WMDs

By • on July 1, 2010

Off to war against the weed-lurking worms. (Steph Larsen

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Mapping the farm with my ears

By • on June 26, 2010

Ever since taking a cartography class in graduate school, I've had a penchant for maps. Full of information, they elegantly highlight places and ideas

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The first rule of farming: Be prepared

By • on June 3, 2010

(Steph Larsen photos)Everyone knows the Boy Scouts' motto: Be Prepared. While my immediate inclination is to ask "For what?", it's as good a command as

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Green acreage: A farm by any other name

By • on May 6, 2010

The full spread (Steph Larsen photos) Editor's note: In a new series

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Small-town grocery stores feed a need bigger than stomachs

By • on October 31, 2009

In the small Nebraska town I now call home, a small grocery store anchors

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