Conscious Consumption

RFD-TV is launching a new weekly program in July called “Rural Town Hall.” The hourlong show will feature presidential hopefuls who will be asked questions on issues specific to agriculture and rural education, development and health care, among other areas.

Tools and other evidence suggest agriculture may have begun here.

As Community Supported Agriculture becomes more and more competitive, it requires some thoughtful planning and execution to get and keep members.

The bug eating bugs are the ones you want in your garden.

Veldhuizen is one of six young farmers profiled in “Farmland,” a 77-minute documentary by James Moll currently streaming on Netflix.

They wash it well, don’t worry.

This new technology could one day replace the use of antibiotics in livestock and perhaps even humans for a variety of pathogenic digestive tract infections.

Which came first? Who knows. A better question: Which comes cheapest?

Once troublesome for growers, these tasty brambles have been tamed as new, improved varieties hit the market.