If you haven’t had the chance or pleasure to grow heirloom tomatoes, try it this year. There are slicers, beefsteaks, cherries, and more to explore when it comes to the passed-down, open-pollinated ...

Having a good April seed-starting plan will eventually provide harvests for market or food for the people on the farm. The most important factors to consider are the local climate and the time ...

Farmers in cold regions can simply let the winter kill the crop with freezes. This method won’t work in areas with no ...

Enrique Balcazar remembers the disillusionment he felt the day he arrived in Vermont from Mexico to work on a dairy farm for the first time. He was excited to begin a promising new life in America, ...

Arriving one morning to his fazenda at the foot of Espirito Santo’s mystical, monolithic mountain, Pedra Azul, he found the lush vegetation overrun with Jacu birds. An endangered, pheasant-like bird, ...

Each year The Land Report publishes a list nation’s top property owners ranked by the number of acres they own in the United States. The list comes with a thank you from sponsor Gregory W. Fay, owner ...

Crickets and other insects, as you may have heard, are a vastly more sustainable form of protein than livestock. They are also an ideal protein source for urban homesteaders: unlike creatures that ...

What is graywater, exactly? Household wastewater from washing machines, bathroom sinks, showers, and bathtubs is considered “gray” because it is only lightly soiled and poses a minimal health risk. As ...

There are five key rules to follow when making bourbon whiskey. First, it must be distilled in the United States, and it must be a grain mixture with at least 51 percent corn mash. There can be no ...

“Fifty years ago we couldn’t have done this,” says Al Snedegar. Standing in the center of the Clinton County, Michigan 4-H fair livestock arena, just out of reach of the late-July sun, Snedegar is an ...

Milk myths didn’t stop with the Greeks, though. Ever since the first cow udders were yanked by human hands, the substance has invited inspection, suspicion, fear and desire. But these days, we milk ...