…including adding using blackened peas, Lima beans, cranberry beans, or kidney beans. Chili can also be meatless or with meat, by adding vegetables and topped with sour cream, cheese, onions,…
Methods for Building Fertile Soil
…as it breaks down, nutrients are leaking into the soil around it, which will then feed the vegetables growing in it. Another way to deal with kitchen waste is using…
Organic Field Crop Production Numbers Rising
Organic farming is a rapidly growing segment of U.S. agriculture. Organic vegetables, fruits, and livestock make up the bulk of the entire segment. However, a new USDA report shows organic…
Autumn Homesteading Activities
…already, you’ll want to add these two tasks to your Autumn chores to do list. From the simplest things such as seed harvesting to storing and canning fruits and veggies…
Hurricanes Devastate Puerto Rico Agriculture
…and citrus fruits. However, that changed after World War II. Puerto Rico now imports about 85 percent of its food, and its food imports are expected to rise drastically. From…
NAFTA Talks Head to Canada Next Week
…$1.5 billion. For exports to Canada, it’s estimated that the U.S. exports $4.8 billion worth of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
2016 Sales of U.S. Certified Organic Agricultural Production Up
…and poultry products (primarily milk and eggs), with 2016 sales of $2.2 billion; vegetables, $1.6 billion; fruits, tree nuts, and berries, $1.4 billion; livestock and poultry, $1.2 billion; and field…
California Avocados Delicate Relationship With NAFTA
…Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables, which Melban is a member of. “In the renegotiation of NAFTA, to not harm the produce sector,” Melban said, “we’re not saying it’s…
Medfly Quarantine Issued in Los Angeles County
…of areas where larvae and mature flies have been detected. The Medfly can infect over 250 different types of fruits and vegetables. The pest poses great potential for causing significant…
Celebrating National Peanut Day
…day Peanut Lovers Unite for National Peanut Day, which is celebrated annually on September 13th. Peanuts, which actually aren’t nuts at all, they’re legumes. Simply dry fruits in the same…
Honeybees and Beer
…ingredients used in their beers, such as hops, grains, and fruits. The bees will get to work, pollinating many of the flowers and plants around the farm, then the brewers,…
Labor Day Gardening
…up the flowers. Or perhaps begin planting some of those fall fruits and veggies. And not just the garden, this might be the best time to give the lawn a…
Autumn Vegetable Planting
…water in the morning but they don’t like to have their leaves watered because their large foliage is susceptible to mildew. These fruits are largely water, so it does play…
Exotic Fruits to Try and Why
Cathy Isom fills us in about some exotic fruits to try and why. That’s coming up on this Land of Ours. Exotic Fruits to Try and Why It’s unsure of…