Over the years, Will Bonsall’s seed saving operation has been in flux. At one point, it included up to 5,000 different varieties of peas, potatoes and countless other crops that gardeners and farmers could request samples of.  Today, his collection has dwindled to just a few hundred varieties, as he has struggled with a lack […]

Amid the panic buying and lockdowns at the beginning of the pandemic, Melissa Goodridge felt the urge to be closer to her food source.  Goodridge, who lives in Darien, Illinois, says like many Americans, she was planning on starting a garden, but after doing some research she decided to take it one step further and […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all had to get used to communicating across a distance, whether that’s through video chat or with significant physical separation. You can ask…well, literally anybody, at this point, and they’ll tell you that these forms of distanced conversation just aren’t the same, and aren’t as satisfying. A new study out […]