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.
DAIRY- Carl Cheney, owner of Cheney’s [Read More]

Drew Mitchell/Farm to Fork
A legislative op-ed.
In a time where outbreaks of the fatal and disgusting E. coli bacteria are as common as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, hold the salmonella, please, the District of Columbia and its 100 part-time residents, members of the 111th Senate of the United States of America, should be buckling down [Read More]

By Drew Mitchell/Farm to Fork
Barbara Banton, a long-time resident of Bowling Green, Ky., lost her job when she had a stroke at work. Recovering from the traumatic event was especially hard for Banton because she is a diabetic.
Banton needed healthy food to recover, but she could barely afford to eat at all.
For a few weeks [Read More]

American Farmland: A Disappearing Resource. from Jacob Hill on Vimeo.
By Jacob Hill/Farm to Fork
“I’d rather see corn growing than houses,” said Bowling Green farmer Frank Stagner when asked for his opinion on the housing developments surrounding his property.  Stagner, 81, has been farming in the area for the majority of his life.
In the last [Read More]

Cheetos and ginger ale were not what Colorado schoolteacher Mendy Heaps thought her students should be eating for lunch, so she started selling fresh fruit out of an overhead projector cart. Kids, parents and teachers loved it, but the principal put a stop to it.

By Regina Durkan/Farm to Fork
In recent years, farmers have been seeking ever more ways to increase income to their farms. Farmers who used to “just farm” now process, distribute and sell goods and hold tourist events at their establishments.
According to Carl Chaney, owner of Chaney’s Dairy Barn in Bowling Green, Ky., it’s becoming harder and [Read More]

Since 1934, the Fourqurean family has called the same 350 acres of farmland home.

Five generations of Fourqureans have lived and worked on Circle F Farms in Gracey, Ky., each facing their own unique trials and tribulations of raising beef cattle, show pigs and row crops.

Third generation farmer John Fourqurean, his son David and grandson John David discuss the challenges they face as they fight to keep the family farm alive.

By Regina Durkan/Farm to Fork
Wes Berry is an English professor at Western Kentucky University who is moving away from big corporations for his food. But instead of just buying his food from local farmers, Berry has decided to become a farmer himself, albeit on a small scale. Within the last two years, he’s started raising [Read More]

By Celeste Laurent/Farm to Fork
Kentucky is home to 38,000 beef farmers and more cattle than any other state east of the Mississippi River.
Growing up on a family beef cattle farm, I know first-hand that Kentucky farmers play an integral part in producing American beef.
This process is much more complex than people often realize. There are [Read More]

By Celeste Laurent/Farm to Fork

60 dietitians experienced beef long before it reaches the grocery store when they toured four Warren County cattle farms on April 21 at the Kentucky Beef Council’s “Meat Your Neighbor” Tour.