Category: farming

Indoor Farming Company Backed by Martha Stewart Files for Bankruptcy

MOREHEAD, Ky.—AppHarvest, a Kentucky-based indoor farming company that was backed by Martha Stewart when it began shipping tomatoes in early 2021, has filed for bankruptcy, officials announced on Monday. The Chapter 11 filing on Sunday came following several months of financial difficulties, including the potential foreclosure of its greenhouse in Richmond and concerns about cash…


Major Revegetation Project Cancelled After Aboriginal Corporation Demands $2.5 Million

A major tree-planting event along the banks of the Canning River in Perth has been cancelled after the head of a local Aboriginal corporation demanded $2.5 million (US$1.7 million) citing cultural heritage laws. The now-former CEO of the Whadjuk Aboriginal Corporation, David Collard, cited Western Australia’s contentious Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 as the reason for…


Chubby Elvis? Cow Patty? 164 Kinds of Ice Cream and Counting at Kerber’s Dairy

By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Irwin—Three generations of Tom Kerber’s family have been making some of Pennsylvania’s best ice cream for more than six decades. Millions of scoops later, everything about the ice cream business still makes the 84-year-old smile. “This is our little piece of heaven,” he says, gesturing to the rolling fields…


Farmers Market or Agritourism? One Is ‘Like Buying Local on Steroids,’ Farmer Says

By Susan McFarland From The Dallas Morning News McKinney—The heart of harvest season is here, and one Collin County farm offers not just fruits and vegetables but an agricultural experience. Pure Land Farm in McKinney uses agritourism—the combination of agriculture and tourism—to engage with and educate the public. It allows customers to pick their own produce…


The Peterson Farm Bros Welcome Viewers to Their Family Farm With Humor and Heart—and a Lot of Dancing

For Greg Peterson and his brothers, farming is just part of the family tradition. Greg and his two brothers, Nathan and Kendal, live and work on a farm in Assaria, Kansas, continuing a family tradition of five generations. They grow wheat, corn, soybeans, and a variety of forages for the cattle, of which they have…


At Comfort Farms, Veterans Find Healing and Connection on an Unlikely New ‘Battleground’

Jonathan Jackson had all the makings of another statistic. In 2013, after being refused deployment by the Army because of physical complications arising from his traumatic brain injury, Jackson found himself at the mercy of the invisible wounds so many combat veterans bring home from the battlefield. And those invisible wounds were preparing to take…


Is the Tide Turning Against Climate Agenda Fanatics?

No one is against clean air and clean water—certainly not here in America, where we have a long history of conservationism. But the climate agenda isn’t about protecting the environment, never mind humans and animals. It’s a dystopian movement led by elected officials from the White House to Congress who are pushing irrational ideas that…


PREMIERING at 9:15PM: Is the Tide Turning Against Climate Agenda Fanatics?

No one is against clean air and clean water—certainly not here in America, where we have a long history of conservationism. But the climate agenda isn’t about protecting the environment, never mind humans and animals. It’s a dystopian movement led by elected officials from the White House to Congress who are pushing irrational ideas that…


PREMIERING NOW: Is the Tide Turning Against Climate Agenda Fanatics?

No one is against clean air and clean water—certainly not here in America, where we have a long history of conservationism. But the climate agenda isn’t about protecting the environment, never mind humans and animals. It’s a dystopian movement led by elected officials from the White House to Congress who are pushing irrational ideas that…


California Has a New Take on Mezcal and Tequila. How Sacramento-Area Farmers Are Leading It

By Benjy Egel From The Sacramento Bee Sacramento—On recent a brisk March morning in Woodland’s rolling hills, Raul “Reppo” Chavez was already covered in sweat. Chavez and his cousin Antonio had spent the last half-hour hacking away at their agave plants—monstrous pineapple-looking beasts whose spiky leaves are all that can be seen above the soil….