Growing Food

For the backyard gardener and small farmer who wants to grow a variety of food crops with a focus on urban agriculture.

Beekeeping Basics- Beehive Placement -Mobile Minute

April 7, 2017 Where are the best places to locate a beehive in your backyard? Veteran beekeeper, Glen Andresen, shares practical advice about the art of taking care of honeybees. This is an excerpt from a longer video (see Beekeeping Basics: Getting Started). In this video, Andresen talks about where to place your honeybee hives […]

Raising Backyard Chickens (video)

Naomi Montacre, co-founder of Naomi’s Organic, shares some of her expert knowledge on raising backyard chickens.

An English Sheep Farmer’s View of Rural America

Today’s article in the NYT is written by a british sheep farmer in the north of England whose livelihood is as old as the hills. 4500 years old to be more exact.

Wendell Berry Speaks

In this John Hopkins Center For a Livable Future talk, Wendell Berry speaks of natural human limits and the need to respect them.

Running a Small Scale Dairy Farm

Gianaclis Caldwell, cheesemaker and author of The Small Scale Dairy and Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking talks about running a small scale dairy farm and how she became a cheesemaker.

Growing Winter Vegetables – Mobile Minute

January 25, 2017 Winter is a challenge for farmers who grow during this season. It also can have it’s rewards in the form of extra sweetness. See related video: Winter Farming: A Tale of Bitter and Sweet

An Urban Farmer in the City (video)

For two years, urban farmer Amanda Morse has grown food almost year-round on her farm in Portland. She markets her food to local restaurants and to customers direct through her farm stand.