Urban Organic Farmer, Anthony Boutard, Expert on Corn, Shares His Farming Knowledge What’s most remarkable about hanging out with Anthony Boutard besides his passion for food, it’s his incredible breadth of knowledge about organic farming. He does everything by hand, and he constantly is learning from his observations and field experiments. As Boutard is readying [...]
Posted in ☕growing fresh food | Also tagged beautiful corn, corn cobb, ear of corn, harvesting, heirloom corn, organic farmer, planting corn, seeds, shelling, soil temperature, storing |
Anthony Boutard shares the history behind the different varieties of corn that he grows, and describes their more notable uses. Anyone who knows Anthony, knows this farmer believes in growing a wide diversity of crops, including diversity within a species. It just so happens that corn being one of the oldest grains also has one [...]
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September 17, 2009: In continuation of this week’s launch of the USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, another component will be unveiled later today to support the continued growth of local farmers markets. This story illustrates one farming family that work hard to grow good food, and who enjoy selling directly to their [...]
Posted in ☕Food Stories | Also tagged farmers market, farmers markets, federal government, food farm, good food, grants, hillsdale farmer's market, initiative, know your farmer, know your food, local food, market, merrigan, organic, produce, usda, winter farming |
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