This past Covid-19 pandemic year has dramatically changed the home gardening landscape. In the early days of 2020 with widespread closures and uncertainty, supply chains for certain household and food items broke down. Some products were suddenly unavailable, and this reminded us all just how dependent we are on our...
A stunning lawn and garden can be a challenge to maintain, but worth the myriad benefits. With many areas of the US expected to experience record drought conditions in 2021, municipalities are likely to be rationing or restricting watering of lawns. Increasing your lawn and garden’s water retention ability is...
If we learned anything in 2020, it was how to adapt to new circumstances and to develop new strategies to cope in our ever-changing world. Farmers are not exempt from this challenge. If anything, their daily task of feeding the planet is harder than ever. In recent years, with a...
At the time of this writing, the confirmation hearing for Secretary Tom Vilsack’s nomination for Secretary of Agriculture under President Biden is currently underway. One of the key cornerstones of Secretary Vilsack’s agenda is to help farmers capture, store, and get paid for the new cash crop in agriculture –...