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Have you ever heard of bio-char? Here in Western North Carolina, both Kacy and I have suddenly become extremely busy with other projects a...

If you've been following the Stewards project for awhile, you may have noticed that our transcriptions and profiles are slowing down a b...

Today we have a short film, courtesy of the Southern Foodways Alliance , a group that also works with oral histories around the South. Emi...

Even though I grew up in suburban Detroit, I’ve been a vegetable gardener from a very young age.  I developed a love of that.  As far as I c...

In preparation for our next profile, Monsanto tomato breeder Doug Heath, we thought we'd give you a quick prep on genetics. The first...

The gigantic and confusing political document that governs agricultural spending in the United States is called the Farm Bill. Every 4 or 5...

I grew up in Manhattan, but went to the farm quite a lot and I always enjoyed that.    My background really is very very scattered.    I’m a...

Have you been paying attention?  A lot is going on in the agriculture sector these days, and one of the hottest topics is genetic engineerin...

I was born and raised up on the farm. Been a farmer all my life. I got married in 1950, the guy I married, he was a farmer and a rancher. He...

I want to be a good farmer, but I also want to be a good steward too...but I’ve got a banker I’ve got to satisfy too, so I’ve got to grow th...