Grassroots support is helping Gaining Ground gain ground. With one week left, we have a good shot at putting a story about farming on the NY Times Best Seller List.
Sometimes our trainees are doing just what they’re supposed to. It’s our assumptions that make us think things aren’t going quite right. I'm reminded...
Recently, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack called for a new, positive story about American agriculture. He said that rural America was becoming less and less politically relevant, and that we need a story that would encourage young people to become involved in farming, and show how we can create new opportunities for rural America. We think this new book could be just that story.
Do you want to know if that fertilizer treatment is working? Or would you like to know if a particular management practice is worth implementing on your whole farm or ranch? You need to do a little on-farm research, and here's booklet that can help you get started.
The idea is out there that raw milk is a great tool for improving pastures. But what we've found is that it's probably not going to make much of a difference.
Preparing for this year's bluebirds, Troy shares how birds benefit him, and the diversity of his farm benefits those that, through loss of habitat, are in danger of becoming homeless.
Why, as farmers and ranchers, do we do what we do? Is it really the money? Or is it because, every spring when the grass begins to grow, and the calves, lambs and kids start to drop, something in us stirs and that something can't be satisfied without being a part of all that new life, sunshine, and green grass?
