By Linda Qiu
The New York Times
WASHINGTON>> The Agriculture Department said Wednesday that it would establish a monitoring and data collection network to measure greenhouse gas emissions and determine how much carbon can be captured using certain farming practices.
The network, using $300 ...
By Scott McFetridge
The Associated Press
CHURDAN, IOWA » In the 1970s when George Naylor said he wanted to grow organic crops, the idea didn’t go over well.
Back then organic crops were an oddity, destined for health food stores or maybe a few farmers markets.
“I told my dad I wanted to be an or...
By John Flesher and Tammy Webber
The Associated Press
MONTICELLO, MINN. » Silflower was among native plants that blanketed the vast North American prairie until settlers developed farms and cities. Nowadays confined largely to roadsides and ditches, the long-stemmed cousin of the sunflower...
By Linda Qiu
The New York Times
WASHINGTON>> The Agriculture Department said Wednesday that it would establish a monitoring and data collection network to measure greenhouse gas emissions and determine how much carbon can be captured using certain farming practices.
The network, using $300 ...
By Scott McFetridge
The Associated Press
CHURDAN, IOWA » In the 1970s when George Naylor said he wanted to grow organic crops, the idea didn’t go over well.
Back then organic crops were an oddity, destined for health food stores or maybe a few farmers markets.
“I told my dad I wanted to be an or...
By Julie Creswell
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Driving rain pelted the windows of “the Tower,” a second-story glass enclosure in Ray Gaesser’s home that provides a view for miles of the gentle, rolling fields around Corning, Iowa. Inside, away from the elements, Gaesser pondered what the coming year m...
By John Flesher and Tammy Webber
The Associated Press
MONTICELLO, MINN. » Silflower was among native plants that blanketed the vast North American prairie until settlers developed farms and cities. Nowadays confined largely to roadsides and ditches, the long-stemmed cousin of the sunflower...
By Henry Fountain
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CANADIAN, TEXAS » Adam Isaacs stood surrounded by cattle in an old pasture that had been overgrazed for years. Now it was a jumble of weeds.
“Most people would want to get out here and start spraying it” with herbicides, he said. “My family use...
