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ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) announced 22 western North Carolina farms – including five in McDowell County – will participate in the 2023 Farm Tour on Sept. 23 through 24, ....
The concept of okra was largely alien to Chris Smith when he moved from his native England to North Carolina, en route to a career in celebrating farming and food, ....
By Caleigh Wells for KCRW.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration Mollie Engelhardt’s farm looks messy. Every inch of Sow a Heart Farm in Fillmore, Calif., is growing one of more than 300 types of plants. In between the rows of fruit trees, Engelhardt has got organic peppers, garlic, broccoli, and cauliflower, all covered with a thin layer of grass or clover. On a recently harvested plot, chickens and sheep are eating the scraps, churning the soil so it’ll be ready to plant again. . ....
By Jake Christie for Great Lakes Echo. Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection, reporting for Great Lakes Echo/Solutions Journalism/Public News Service Collaboration. After 10,000 years of domestication, farming and its popularity for use in bread and beer, wheat could have some competition. . ....
New U.S. Department of Agriculture rules will target fraud and increase oversight of the $64 billion-a-year organic food industry. In Iowa, the nation s number one producer of organic corn and soybeans, growers call it the most important change the agency has ever made to its organic food program. . ....