Urban Livestock: To Raise Meat or Eggs?

Urban Livestock: To Raise Meat or Eggs? By Greg Peterson In pondering urban livestock, the difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs.  The pig is committed and […]

A Lifelong Journey in Farming

A Lifelong Journey in Farming By Deb Goff Editor’s Note: Deb Goff is The Urban Farm’s featured farmer for this month. Read our Q&A with Deb here.  One always wonders how […]

Why are All the Bees Vanishing?

Why are All the Bees Vanishing?  By Tayler Jenkins Over the past several years, beekeepers and scientists alike have been puzzling over a strange phenomenon in which entire colonies of […]

What Food Looks Like

What Food Looks Like By Catherine Slye www.catslye.com [rev_slider Aggie] Click on the photos to learn more about them In January 2015 I started a new project I named “What […]

Featured Farmer: Deb from Corner Cottage

Featured Farmer: Deb from Corner Cottage Chicken Emporium and Garden Tell me a little about your urban farm. What is your farm’s name? Size? What are you growing? What kind of […]

Story Book Garden on Wheels

Gardening at School: How to Build a Story Book Garden on Wheels By Randy Mann Dirt, security, and educational relevance are three problems many school garden enthusiasts have to overcome when […]

What is a Featured Farmer?

What is a “Featured” Farmer? By Tayler Jenkins If you’ve been receiving our newsletter, you have probably noticed the introduction of a monthly “featured farmer.” Featured farmer—that sounds so official, doesn’t […]

Summer Pests: We’ve All Got ’Em

Summer Pests:  We’ve All Got ’Em By Farmer Greg Garden pests … we’ve all got ’em. The question is, what do we do about them? Over and over I have found […]

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