One of the great aspects of farmers’ markets is the direct connection between producers and customers. Shoppers can ask ...

With better growth and less height, stalks are denser and stronger than standard corn. Anchoring into the soil increases with ...

Planting in neat rows makes cultivation and harvesting easier, making it the recommended method. Space rows four to ten ...

How agriculture and conservation are coming together for the survival of the endangered monarch butterflies.

The history of the sugar beet has far more twists and turns than you might expect, from Napoleonic orders to anti-slavery movements. One of the newer uses for the sugar beet lies in using a mixture of ...

Fruits, herbs, and vegetables get all the attention among gardeners. Backyard poultry and goats provide eggs and dairy (and perhaps meat) for some, but what about the staple foods? Wheat, oats, millet ...

Among the top climate-change culprits, agriculture finally attempts to address the issue, via a series of holistic methods called carbon farming.

Rejigger your washing machine to irrigate your yard, rather than send that valuable freshwater to the sewer.

At the end of February, the town board of Lind, Wisconsin voted against changing the zoning laws to allow a nearby 600-cow dairy to install an anaerobic digester. These digesters are becoming more ...

With many folks comfortably working from home offices, many downtown high-rises serve as a looming frustration to landlords but also to local restaurants and small businesses that rely on office ...