Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...
Small vegetable garden ideas can turn even the tiniest space into a productive patch. If carefully planned, you can grow all kinds of crops, from tactile herbs, through to root vegetables and fruit ...
When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...
Claudia and Ricky Crow, owners of Crows Vegetable Farm in Shawnee, Oklahoma share how conservation programs and diversification can foster ecological and economic resilience on small, ...
At Argus Farm Stop, the shelves are full of locally raised vegetables and fruit, herbs, beef, chicken, fish, and more. Beets from one local farm snuggle up against sunchokes from another, across eggs ...
Inga visits small farms and makers finding new ways to preserve traditional practices. Host Inga Witscher takes a journey around the state to visit small farms and specialty makers who are finding new ...
The farm infrastructure has also changed. Sheehan now spends time protecting the crops with high tunnels, row covers and windbreaks. They place tarps over small areas as well as create drainage ...