Rooted in discomfort: Dispatch from the MOSES organic farming conference
Lately I’ve realized that in the midst of distracting sights and sounds, I forget to notice the smells around me. So last weekend at the Organic
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One sick chicken
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.
Getting Lodi’d: It’s raining apples!
When nature calls on the farm, we listen. Meaning, when a fruit
Battling the bugs—and the temptation to use chemical WMDs
Mapping the farm with my ears
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
The first rule of farming: Be prepared
(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
Green acreage: A farm by any other name
The full spread (Steph Larsen photos) Editor's note: In a new series
Small-town grocery stores feed a need bigger than stomachs
In the small Nebraska town I now call home, a small grocery store anchors
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