A Skunk by Any Other Name … Would Still Smell
My supervisor and coworker, Carol, spoke of an overwhelming skunk stink that pervaded her neighborhood the other night. It lingered for hours around her...
End of summer signals new faces in insect world
Summer's nightly music festival began a few weeks ago. As daylight dims, I enjoy sitting on the back porch waiting for the concert to...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Aug. 21, 2008
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Parents’ presence, not presents, the key
'"A mother understands what a child doesn't say."
-- Anonymous
This is a tale of two moms.For those of you who have been enjoying...
Game of farming: Decisions, decisions
If you don't make the management decisions for your farm, who will?
FSA Andy for August 21, 2008
Hello again!
It is with a little sadness that I will sit back and watch as the 2008-09 school year begins.
In September of 1996,...
Dairy cows blamed for global warming: It’s a lot of warm air
Recently, a letter to the editor of my local newspaper used data from a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report to argue that eating...
English for the English speaker
As a trained professional in most things English (the language, not the nation), and with the Labor Day kick-off to the election season just...
Inner child meets the Outer Mom
It turns out that I am an idiot.
I had no idea. In fact, I was humming along clam-happy in my (mistaken) belief that...
Life on a beach: There’s more than meets the eye
Few habitats seem as sterile as a sandy New Jersey beach.Waves of salt water constantly wash the shoreline. The only obvious indicators of life...
