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Though modern Georgia boasts bustling Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world and the headquarters for…

Image by David Mark from Pixabay The Show Me State has plenty to show when it comes to farming and…

Over my four years of high school theater, I accumulated over a dozen show shirts, each screen-printed with a…

The Rusty Metal chickens look over the blue tinged bald spot on elder chicken Shoppie.| Photo by Julia Bayly …

In the mid-1800s, migrating Mormons fleeing religious persecution were drawn to Utah: its sparsely populated…

Image by David Mark from Pixabay Think of farming in Idaho and the first thing that springs to mind may well be…

Image by skeeze from Pixabay With a climate that supports orchards, crops, livestock and seafood, there is not…

Image by David Mark from Pixabay Wyoming is the Cowboy State, so it’s not surprising that cattle is the number…

As a writer for the “Homestead” section of the Bangor Daily News, I am almost ashamed to admit that I did not take…

I gave him all the tools he needed to cook. My son, Will, started his life in the kitchen with me as I…

Image by Alex Bennett from Pixabay If there is one state that has it all when it comes to starting up your farm…

Image by David Mark from Pixabay Agriculture is called the heart and soul of The Cornhusker State by the …