Monthly Archives: August 2011
Hotline and wine lab help New York wineries solve fermentation problems
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Marauding bacteria and wayward chemical reactions can drive fermentation awry, but for New York state wineries, help is just a phone...
Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes dubbed most beautiful place in U.S.
WASHINGTON -- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was named the Most Beautiful Place in America by viewers of ABC's Good Morning America recently. Online...
Deadline approaching to sign up for giant Miscanthus program
CONNEAUT, Ohio -- Aloterra Energy is encouraging farmers and landowners to sign up quickly to grow giant Miscanthus, a non-invasive, perennial grass used for energy production.
Give crate training a try, for dogs in your life
Have crate, will travel. The crate is for Fido, a place for him to relax and feel safe, while you, the dog’s owner, travel.
Crate?
Travel...
Life Out Loud: Please leave a message at the sound of the splash
At some point even the most wonderful convenience can become more of a hindrance than a help. Mr. Wonderful has had a loathe/hate relationship with his cell phone for some time now. The phone was scratched, hard to dial, harder to hear, and just generally irritated him to no end.
Farm and Food File: Coincidence?
Bloggers might do coincidence; journalists don't. We do irony, maybe even allegory. Sometimes we stray into ennui and pathos. Coincidence, however, features facts that aren't tied as tightly together as we like. My Oxford Desk Dictionary agrees.
Dairy Excel: Take these things into consideration when developing a farm partnership
Forming a partnership between two or more people to enter into a farming arrangement has a number of potential benefits in addition to a number of potential pitfalls.
Judith Sutherland: Honoring a good-natured neighbor
If Emerson had not lived and died in the 1800s, I would have sworn he was writing his success credo about Bill Cameron. Cameron takes the very first one of these points and lives it full-tilt.
Do you know what’s in your water?
t's hard to beat a cold glass of clear refreshing water to quench your thirst. I've been drinking a lot of water to beat the heat and I imagine you have too.
Penn State webinar to focus on ways Marcellus drilling affects wildlife
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As the Marcellus natural gas boom has reverberated around Pennsylvania, residents and scientists alike have expressed concern about the impact extensive drilling and associated infrastructure development is having on wildlife habitat.
