A Farmer’s Look at Derby
On Mint On my first Kentucky Derby Day at college – my first outside of Louisville – I was making mint juleps. I scavenged across the geometric interplay of bluegrass and concrete on campus and...
View ArticleMama Likes. . . Gardening
At the first blush of spring, I drag out my shovel and start planting. If your kids are like mine, they want to help dig, plant, and water. Gardening is a wonderful learning opportunity for children...
View ArticleAgriculture Legacy Initiative
On the second to last Sunday in April, a group of young farmers gathered on what just might have been the last chilly day of the season. Some hoped that a patchy frost wouldn’t get their newly planted...
View ArticleFiguring out Food from Field to Fork
On a 100-degree day in July, nine teenagers rolled up Field Day Family Farm’s gravel road in a van coming from Neighborhood House in Portland. It was harvest day. The carrots, beets, yellow warty...
View ArticleMeet Your Maker: Lane Hettich
“I think the older you get, the more comfortable you are in your own skin. And that includes picking up your own weird hobbies.” Most of your maker interests fall under the umbrella of urban...
View ArticleGrowing Good Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program
Simon Mwendapeke Tshitimana, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, laid out his produce on the table at the Bluegrass Global Growers Market: eggplant; tomatoes; a pumpkin-like green...
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