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 [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 Sam Oldenburg/Farm toFork Catfish, strawberries, garbanzo beans, flour and walnuts: what do they all have in common? These foods are just some of the nearly 200 USDA foods school food services have to choose from. USDA foods, commonly called commodities, are foods purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture to be used for the [Read More]
Farm to Fork correspondent Colleen Stewart’s radio story about farmer suicides in India aired on WKYU, the public radio service of Western Kentucky University, on Wednesday morning, April 28, at 6:35 and 8:35 a.m. A link to the story is available on WKYU’s website here. Kevin Willis, assistant news director, recorded Stewart’s first-person story at [Read More]
By Drew Mitchell/Farm to Fork
Shoppers eagerly flocked to buy produce, herbs, cut flowers, cheeses, crafts, organic pasta sauce, and even composted manure early Saturday morning as the Southern Kentucky Regional Farmers Market opened for the season.
By Drew Mitchell/Farm to Fork Is organic food actually healthier than traditional food? This is the question that I attempted to answer by eating only organic products for an entire week. When I revealed my plan to forego normal meals and on-campus dining, I received mixed reactions from friends and colleagues. Some told me that [Read More]
By Regina Durkan/Farm to Fork Kentucky’s most extensive conservation program can’t be found in a park or wildlife area. It’s scattered across 100,000 acres of farmland. The state is taking part in the national Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, known as CREP. The U.S. Farm Service Agency’s initiative seeks to retire environmentally sensitive agricultural land in [Read More]
Stepping out of the car at Robey Farms Dairy Barn in Adairville, Ky., our nostrils filled with the smell of hay, manure and crisp winter air. Birds were scattered across the snow-covered fields and the tops of the red barns.
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.
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