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Roots run deep in eastern North Carolina. John Howard, 77, owner of J.C. Howard Farms, Inc., has built his family’s farming enterprises from humble beginnings in tobacco growing to becoming a powerhouse in pork production (with 27,000…

Slugs hide under leaves and cause a lot of damage in the garden. This usually happens before you even know they're there, but evidence of their chewing and their slimy trails are unmistakable. There are many ways to get rid of snails.…

A pioneering project in Mexico has developed a new method of fig production which triples yields compared conventional farms and allows for fruit to be produced in a far shorter time. Using a new variety bred by researchers at the…

Ground cherries (Physalis pruinosa) are not a very well known fruit but they are easy to grow in your garden. These small, yellow berries have a sweet-tart flavor that is similar to pineapple with a very faint background flavor of the…

Dave Mowitz visits the Williams family in Croton, Ohio, to learn how they built a farm shop to blend into their beautiful farmstead. In addition to its looks, this farm shop also has many convenient features, including an office and…

With the world’s population set to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, the World Bank is calling for innovations that will help us feed the planet. One of the options being discussed is vertical, indoor farming. The concept involves growing food…

Rose hips are the seed pods of roses. We don’t often see them anymore, because we tend to prune the faded rose blossoms to encourage more flowers. However, if you leave the spent flowers on the rose bush at the end of the…

TechAccel, the venture development organization, and Donald Danforth Center for Life Sciences, the leading plant science research institute, have created a new startup called RNAissance. RNAissance plans to use RNAi technology to create…

Organic banana growers say that meeting demand is often their biggest challenge. They point out that demand is increasing in the organic category, while consumers are also on the lookout for more point-of-origin information as well as the…

Moringa is a drought-tolerant, fast-growing tree that thrives in the most impoverished nations on the planet, such as Niger, West Africa. A highly sought after, highly nutritious tree that grows in one of the poorest, most malnourished…