Local Kentucky farmers answer the question “why do you farm?” Videos by: Colleen Stewart and Regina Durkan VINEYARD- David Hall, owner of Black Oak Vineyard in Princeton, Ky. vineyard why i farm from Fleischaker-Greene Scholars on Vimeo. HONEYBEES- Dale Rose, owner of Rose Honey Bee Farm in Morgantown, Ky. bees from Fleischaker-Greene Scholars on Vimeo. [Read More]
Colleen Stewart
May 142010
By Colleen Stewart/Farm to Fork Farmer Suicides India from Fleischaker-Greene Scholars on Vimeo. ADILABAD, INDIA –Bojanna came home one day after farming his 10-acre field of cotton, had chai on the front step of his two-room house, and drank a bottle of the pesticide that failed to save his crops, throwing the bottle against the [Read More]
Mar 252010
Story and Photos by Colleen Stewart/Farm to Fork A steaming plate of vegetarian strata–spinach, mushroom and artichoke hearts with cheese baked in homemade bread–is the special today. The spinach was grown in Bowling Green soil and served at Greener Groundz Café– local food, from garden to plate. It sprouted in November as one of the many [Read More]
Feb 102010
Despite the rain and biting cold, we prevailed on our field trip to the Western Kentucky University Farm and Expo Center last Friday, gathering inspiration and ideas.
Feb 092010
Colleen Stewart is a junior News/Editorial Journalism major at Western Kentucky University, originally from Covington, Ky. She participated in last year’s Fleischaker-Greene Scholar class on immigrants and refugees in South Central Kentucky and has also written and/or designed/edited for Western’s award-winning publications The Talisman, Rise Over Run and The Herald. She interned at Savannah Morning [Read More]