Farmer Forklifts

As a precaution, instead of heavy tilling, we did an extra turn of the garden beds with the broadfork before planting. I also plan to mulch with straw around the crops. Despite these things, I'm making good progress toward my garden goal s: Can My Own...

“At The Meat Hook, we are in the business of paying our farmers, and to that end, we strive each and every day to simply do it right,” Myles writes in The Meat Hook's mission statement.

“Each form of composting also has its specific set of disadvantages, so given our own unique situations, it is important that we have a variety of ecological methods to choose from so we can recycle all of our organic wastes.” It may sound overly...

A lot of projects to do doesn't necessarily give you enough reason to invite an apprentice to come help. Getting your routine down and maybe having a few years of farming your own land under your belt, can give you the confidence and experience you may...

The story was slow to unfold, but a doctor finally pieced together a few incidents to deliver a diagnosis: whiplash, minor concussion and severe panic attacks. And after that, convince yourself that you will ask for help if you need it—farm folks are...

A Kentucky high school gives students the tools for agriculture-related careers while modeling sustainability. Operating as a nonprofit, the clinic's client fees are reinvested in the facility, allowing for the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment.

If you want to be a farmer, you've got to put in the time to learn your craft—only then will you find true success. I didn't realize at the time that by not spending a few more years learning to farm, I was actually putting myself further behind as...

The land we live on can be particularly brutal for people like us who haven't been sensitized to its unique ways. The upkeep of any farm comes with its own set of eccentricities and challenges.

But here were about a dozen roosting up high in the trees, startled by my presence and making ungainly attempts to flee the scene. The trail leading back to home began to show spots of color: yellow and orange and white daffodils popping up in tufts along...

Well, I have a new saying: “If you want something done efficiently , get a lazy person to do it.” It's hilarious to me that people think I am this super-energetic, do-it-all type.

Kirschenmann, PhD, a longtime national and international leader in sustainable agriculture, shares an appointment as Distinguished Fellow for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University—created by the Iowa legislature to...

NebraskaBeginningFarmer.org is a database that links new farmers to statewide resources for land, education and financial assistance. New Mexico In the Land of Enchantment, farmland averages just $550 per acre, according to the 2013 USDA Land Values Report...

Rachael Brugger Wouldn't you be? Beside the farmhouse, we have a terraced garden that the former owner planted with heirloom tomatoes , butternut squash, culinary herbs, and lots and lots of mint, so we're not without farm-grown food.

Switch over to fluorescent light bulbs. Drive less (especially my gas-guzzling truck!) Who knows? Take them or leave them. If we all pitch in and change our habits just a little, maybe we can beat the heat.

“So many tools are available that will empower you to get more tasks completed quicker,” Howard says. And remember, it's probably always going to cost more and take more work than you think.

Despite the springlike 70-degree temps we've had this week, tilling up a garden bed right now would mean ruined, compacted soil for the remainder of the year. Tags The Accidental Farmer

Unlike beavers, otters are cute. Drew Coons There is one pond pest worse than a beaver: a river otter. Reclaiming a house and farm is the most difficult work I have ever done. (Sometimes, two smaller kids have to hold the rod together.) Plenty of bluegills...

Find some of our favorite beginning-farmer advice below, or head over to our Facebook conversation to read more and offer your own words of wisdom. Record the weather, when you started seeing certain bugs, what/where you planted , what you did to heal...

She quotes a cancer survivor interviewed during her study: “Apart from travel expenses, sometimes one has to consider accommodation and living expenses while away from home. She attributes this poor access in part to the unavailability of physicians,...

We did a soapy water test ourselves to check for a leak, but found no indication that we had a problem, so I had a professional out to test it, as well. Is there anything else I may be overlooking here that I should be checking into?

It requires a sensitivity to your surroundings and being in tune with the land. We've received above-average amounts of precipitation, and the winter seems to be drawing out, with what we hope will be our last snowfall occurring just this week.

It's only 34 years away, and yet it seems like a lifetime. Then, it's the meat producers who feed grain who will feel the hit. The type of meat we eat may also shrink from cattle and pigs to goat and rabbits, which are highly efficient and can be scaled...

This recipe has quickly become a favorite in our house, not only because of its simple mix-proof-bake process, but because it's so tasty. (You can also prepare the night before and stick in the fridge until morning.) Mix in the remaining ingredients.

These are just really mellow hives.” “So do different hives have, like, personalities ?” “Yeah, I think they do,” he said. He marched up and lifted the lids, sans bee hat.

The basic components of fertilizer are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). When to use it? Because I'm a person who is easily confused by information overload, I had to break it down into baby steps.

In a recent survey , 23 percent of people believed locally grown produce meant it was organic, and conventional farmers—whether they've read the survey or not—know this. It seems absurd that conventional farmers aren't required to put in bold “We...

Also, as industrialized farming relies on monocropping, the only place people will be able to obtain different varieties and less common produce is from small scale farmers. The days of till, fertilize, plant, cross your fingers have been gone.