My farm is technically suburban I guess, since I am just walking distance from town. We call it Erlengrabenli. My husband’s family has had a farm for many generations in Switzerland named Erlengraben (Willow ditch).
By Simon Huntley. Editor’s Note: This is Chapter 2 of Cultivating Customers: A Farmer’s Guide to Online Marketing by Simon Huntley just released in October 2016. If you have any interest in marketing your farm online, it’s a must-read!
By Emily Powell. If you’re paying attention to national food fads, or you shop at Whole Foods, or you subscribe to any sort of social or broadcasting media, you’ve probably seen coconut oil advertised a time or two.
By Greg Peterson. I was reading an article by Colin the No Impact Man recently, and in his post he opened the door to begin exploring just how to go about changing peoples minds about living with a lighter footprint.
Our farm name is Live Simply Live Richly Farm. We have a year round, homemade geothermal hoop-house. We make things people normally buy like soap, lard, yogurt, sauerkraut, and many other things. The farm is roughly 8,000 square ft.
By Emily Powell. We spend a lot of time here at Urban Farm U talking about growing our own food in local, small-scale agriculture. But what’s the deal with our national agricultural industry, anyways?
By Greg Peterson. Sunlight—we all get some or a lot, but besides turning it into a nice tan, heating water or making a few hundred watts of electricity, what else can you do with the brilliant sunshine?
By Greg Peterson. When you think of an orchard, do you envision acres of perfectly spaced apple trees and workers on ladders picking the fruit with harvest colors in the background? Are you then discouraged because you realize…
By Sarita Douglas. 1. Educate students! This is a school’s number one role in going green: change the mindset and behavior of the next generation
By Maura Yates. Have you ever wondered what the different numbers mean on plastic items? The YourGuidetoGreen.com Team has, and this is what our researchers learned:
