In an e-mail exchange, Babylon Micro-Farms CEO Alexander Oleson tells me “we’ll have these in every school and apartment one day.” It’s a nice vision, and really the level of belief/commitment ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Driving down 21st Street in the Marshall neighborhood of Newport News, there are a few things you'll notice. A "business open" sign sits half broken and on its side, some buildings ...
We all know fresh is best when it comes to food. However, most produce at the store endured weeks of travel and covered hundreds of miles before reaching the table. While farmer’s markets are a solid ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A farm experiment yields a harvest through the winter, and it is in the middle of Lawndale. An empty lot in North Lawndale is host to a micro farm, more specifically, an agricultural ...
It’s a farm inside a kitchen. Carl Lasley harvested basil plants, using scissors to carefully snip the aromatic herb, trimming some and completely harvesting others. The lush, richly green plants were ...
TULSA, Okla. — A continued effort to tackle Tulsa food insecurity is being reimagined by high schoolers through a Food on the Move internship. This program started as an 8 th-grade elective class at ...
Just a Few Acres Farm in Lansing, NY has nearly 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, where seventh-generation farmer Pete Larson posts videos with titles like “The basics of cutting hay” and “Playing in ...
I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...
Smallholders, homesteaders, hobby farmers, and other small-scale growers can use regenerative farming techniques to ensure growing sustainably for years to come. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a ...
A micro-farm in the heart of Milwaukee's central city is planning an expansion to bring more fresh produce to one of the city's poorest neighborhoods − while also training people for urban ...