Pennsylvania vegetable farm sprouts success
Leaving behind careers and college degrees, Art and Larry King went back to their family's roots in 1992 and took over the vegetable farm their father started in the early 1940s.
Williamsburg coverlets exhibition includes collection of Pa. couple
Colonial Williamsburg's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum will display an exhibition of bed coverlets from the private collection of Foster and Muriel McCarl of Beaver Falls, Pa.
Thinking like a cow: Spying on animals may be profitable
Researcher detectives determine what's affecting the animal's welfare and find ways to improve the environment so the animal is more comfortable and, therefore, more productive.
Avon hosts annual Aunt Teak, Uncle Junque sales in June
Avon's city-wide Aunt Teak and Uncle Junque yard sales will be held June 22-23.
Planting advantage: Controlled traffic
Practicing controlled traffic may give growers an advantage at a time when wet conditions are keeping most farmers out of their fields.
Q and A session: Genetics of Scrapie
By knowing a ram's genotype, the percentage of progeny that will carry scrapie resistance can be estimated.
Take a hike: Celebrate end of slavery
Join the National Park Service for a Juneteenth Celebration with music, poetry, art, food, and an Underground Railroad lantern hike.
UCLA acquires old medical texts confiscated by Gestapo
The materials were originally in the private library of Dr. Caesar Hirsch, who was forced to leave all his belongings when he and his family fled Germany in 1933.
USDA extends milk support prices
The 2002 Farm Bill extends the Milk Price Support Program through Dec. 31, 2007, at the current milk support price of $9.90 per hundredweight.
Commentary: Advice to grads everywhere: Get a life
It's the time of year when Editor Susan Crowell feels inclined to throw in her penny's worth of advice to graduating seniors everywhere.
