Celebrate cooperatives and sustainability today
To celebrate this International Day of Cooperatives, learn more about three Ohio based co-ops efforts towards sustainable consumption and production.
Effective employee management
Employee management requires a skill set that is different from the one needed to milk cows. Learn how to work with and manage employees more effectively.
Riparian buffers can make a difference in water quality
Riparian zones serve many purposes along streams and rivers to support a biodiversity ecosystem. They are also important to water quality
Fishing trip included missing soap and big catch
Mysteries challenged this year’s Canadian fishing crew. Find out what Mike Tontimonia's big catch was and who made off with the soap.
Readers respond to the Farm and Food File
Allan Guebert recalls some of the feedback — both positive and negative — he's received in regards to his column this year.
Into hot water…or not
Remember Kymberly Foster Seabolt's almost-free hot tube? Well, all the fancy replacement pumps have been installed. Find out how it turned out.
Fireflies are nature’s fireworks
Fireflies, or lightning bugs as my dad called them, are neither flies nor bugs. They are beetles. Learn more about nature's fireworks.
1881 study looked at elephant’s milk
Sam Moore recalls a story about milk from the Scientific American Supplement No. 288, dated July 9, 1881, On the Composition of Elephants’ Milk.
Through the eyes of a toddler
There are a lot of things Judith Sutherland forgotten about the world through the eyes of an 18-month-old, but her only grandchild is reminding her.
Tough summer: Hot weather, cool grain markets
From our fearless grain commentator this week: "A producer should start with the understanding that he is better with a good crop and poor prices than a poor crop with good prices. Then, hope that he is the one with a good crop this year!"
