ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell Dining has purchased food from local sources for years, but this fall it is taking the “local foods” concept to a whole new level by buying corn, potatoes, squash and ornamental gourds directly from Cornell’s farms.
University farms
As part of the Farms-to-Dining Initiative, Cornell chefs are now using produce grown at […]
Editor:
A big “thank you” for the support and endorsement of passing State Issue 2.
This issue was supported by small farmers, large farmers and non-farmers, organic, non-organic, grain, livestock, fruit and vegetable farmers, plus the nursery and landscaping industry, independents, democrats, republicans, and tea parties — across the board, we had support.
With the majority […]
December corn futures gained 9 cents in the last five minutes of trade Monday. Traders seemed to be reacting to fears of lack of harvest progress.
USDA released new harvest numbers after the close that seemed to confirm the bullishness.
December futures had a 24-cent range from high to low Monday. We had a spike […]
Hope was renewed at the annual Pennsylvania Dairy Profitability Forum.
Some say stabilization plan necessary to limit volatility, increase prices.
WOOSTER, Ohio — Dairy farmers from northeastern Ohio gathered Oct. 30 at the Ohio Holstein Association office in Wooster, Ohio, where they told their state and federal legislators some of the things that need done to save their industry.
Struggling with on-farm milk prices that are […]
When I checked my nest boxes this week, about half were still occupied — by mice. When I gently probed the mass of dried leaves with a stick, it was only a moment before I had a mouse running down my leg.
Deermice and white-footed mice commonly use nest boxes intended for cavity-nesting birds, and […]
Almost before her first cup of government coffee cooled, Christine Varney, the antitrust chief at the U.S. Department of Justice since April 20, tossed the Bush Administration’s antitrust guidelines — described as toothless — out the window.
New collusion cop
There’s a new collusion cop in town, she explained May 9, and DOJ’s “Antitrust Division will […]
Hello friends,
Fall is a wonderful time of year to appreciate how beautiful Ohio and Pennsylvania can be. As my farmers have been working long hours to try to complete their harvests, the fall colors have been just spectacular this year.
Of course, fall weather can be different from day to day, too. I know some […]
Have you ever been to the grocery store or the gas station and had the clerk talk on their cell phone or text a message while trying to take care of you?
It has happened to me and you’ve probably had it happen to you or maybe witnessed it happen to someone else.
Have you […]
One of my very first columns written for Farm and Dairy centered around the topic of my excited impatience as I awaited the birth of my second baby. That baby girl just turned 21 a couple of days ago.
I have come to realize that parenting is very much like living through the seasons. As […]
