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Environment News Includes Marches, Waste, and Donuts
Folks used to sit on the porch shootin’ the breeze. For many now, the porch […]
Walking Beans, Marketing Grain, and Crunching Numbers
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology has a close association with Iowa State University, […]
Harvest Time–a Cosmic Ritual
Science Fiction in the Fields Last week my brother went to a meeting hosted by […]
Topping the Market at the Chicago Stockyards
Update–April, 2016: Stockyards and Sale Barns Still Relevant Stockyards and sale barns have long been […]
Feeling the Buzz at the Farm Progress Show
Doc Callahan occasionally helps with this blog, and when he stopped by this morning, he […]
The Most Important Place on the Farm
Many farm families think of the kitchen as the house “great room”—the entrance, the exit, […]
Crossing the Bridge
I grew up thinking a real farm had certain built-in qualities—an oak tree to dispense […]
Zucchini, Kale, and Magic Manure
Apparently I’ll have to switch my entrepreneurial venture from the House of Zucchini to the […]
Insect Foodies Buggin’ Me Again
Update–April 2016: Will Consumers Step Up to the Plate? This writer says insects provide protein […]
Ragbrai Déjà Vu All Over Again—in a Good Way
The rolling hills, lush cornfields, and rustic farms. The food stalls, small town main streets, […]