Can utilizing high tunnels increase profits on farm?
High tunnels, also called high hoops or hoop houses, are temporary structures used to extend the growing season of fruits and vegetables and are gaining in popularity with area farmers.
Zac Brown Band hitting all the right notes for feeling
Occasionally I discover a singer or band who, through their music, somehow knows my whole life’s history; what makes me happy, or sad; what makes me smile. Their music just strikes a chord, if you will pardon the pun.
Don’t disparage quiche as a tasty St. Patrick’s Day staple
If you’re ever in an Irish pub, never utter the words “real men don’t eat quiche” unless you’re ready to be in the middle of a good old-fashioned pub brawl.
Interest groups sue the EPA to regulate large farm emissions
The push to place large animal farm operations into the same category as industrial air polluters has landed the U.S. EPA in federal court for failing to act on the longstanding issue.
Illinois fairs generate millions, provide non-monetary benefit
Agricultural fairs generated a multimillion-dollar return to the Illinois economy in 2014, according to an economic impact study conducted last summer and released last month.
McDonald’s announces its new chicken, milk sourcing moves
McDonald’s announced March 4 it will only source chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine, as well as milk produced without rBST.
