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When Your Chicken Moves In With You Carol Ann Sayle

When Your Chicken Moves In With You

Have you met the right intelligent bird to take the human-hen relationship to the next level? This farmer has.

Arugula: Superhero of the Organic Farm Carol Ann Sayle

Arugula: Superhero of the Organic Farm

Praise for a green that can fight fungus, enrich soil, and please almost everyone (except children)

When Life Gives You Jalapeños, Pickle Them Carol Ann Sayle

When Life Gives You Jalapeños, Pickle Them

Farm-fresh vegetables are good, but prepared foods can be better—even if they might (just might) be too spicy

The Great Potato Emergency of 2010 Carol Ann Sayle

The Great Potato Emergency of 2010

Black spots in her beloved potatoes remind a farmer that when it comes to agriculture, no year is like the last

Do Men Love Tomatoes More Than Women? Carol Ann Sayle

Do Men Love Tomatoes More Than Women?

A farmer is thankful that tomato season is done—but that doesn't end male customers' love affair with them

The Upside to Tainted Spinach Scares Carol Ann Sayle

The Upside to Tainted Spinach Scares

Something good about salad pathogens: as Congress weighs food safety bills, they show that small farms aren't to blame

Cloudy With a Chance of Tomatoes and Squash Carol Ann Sayle

Cloudy With a Chance of Tomatoes and Squash

Crops start like a misty rain, then fill buckets and crates like a storm. How an urban farmer handles the flood.

What to Do With Ugly Heirloom Tomatoes Carol Ann Sayle

What to Do With Ugly Heirloom Tomatoes

On one Texas farm, early-season tomatoes are called higados ("livers"). But with a little love, they make addictive soup.

In Texas, Breaking the Crop Rotation Rules Carol Ann Sayle

In Texas, Breaking the Crop Rotation Rules

When did the idea that plants need to be moved each year spread like a weed? A farmer says they should stay put.

Root Ahoy! The Joy of Finding a New Vegetable Carol Ann Sayle

Root Ahoy! The Joy of Finding a New Vegetable

An urban farmer discovers scorzonera, an Italian root vegetable, as she does many new foods—by growing it

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