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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...

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Mama 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...

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Agriculture 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...

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Figuring 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...

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Meet 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...

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Growing 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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