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Yearly Archives: 2002

The biggest contribution agriculture makes to the U.S. economy and society isn't the availability or abundance of food in this country. Editor Susan Crowell would rather salute farmers across this country because they have put more dollars in your pocket.

Agriculture lost its voice in the recent Florida ballot issue to prohibit the use of gestation stalls for sows.

District Extension Dairy Specialist veers from her normal dairy channels this week to explore the world of cricket farming. Yep, that's right. Crickets.

What was it like to be lured by the pamphlets and the rhetoric, to head West for land, lots of land, just by homesteading it. Columnist Judith Sutherland wonders just that is a series starting in this week's column.

Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

It's time for parents to stand up and be parents, not friends, says columnist Kym Seabolt.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb may be handing over the kitchen torch to her youngest daughter, if Kathie's latest concoction is any indication.

Columnist Roy Booth shares what happened when East met West, as the improvements in transportation opened the world to other cultures.

Old-world Christmas customs, decorated private homes and museums and holiday crafts for decorating and gifts make up 2002's Christmas in Zoar, Dec. 7 and 8.