This is part one of a two-part series on stress on the farm. Brian Wright, one of the owners of…
Image by 15299 from Pixabay The Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma!” is all about the drama that ensues between homesteaders…
Image by skeeze from Pixabay Agriculture is central to life in chilly North Dakota. About 90 percent of the state’s…
New Mexico is known as the “Land of Enchantment,” and with stunning geographic diversity, from snow-capped mountains to white gypsum…
Blackberries growing in Arkansas, courtesy the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Research & Extension. Arkansas was 14th among states…
Nevada may be best known for the glitzy, glamorous gambler’s paradise of Las Vegas and Reno. Even though this scene…
Mountainous Colorado makes for beautiful scenery and ski slopes, but the state’s geography can make farming and homesteading a little…
The Heart of Dixie is known, in part, for its complicated history, especially with respect to civil rights. A less-discussed…
Kansas is one of the country’s leading agriculture states and is perhaps best known for its so-called amber waves of…
Located in the heart of the Deep South, Mississippi has a complicated and fraught farming legacy. Still, agriculture is the…
Homesteading literally made South Dakota what it is today. The Homestead Act, passed by Congress in 1862, provided for the…
Louisiana is probably best known for its bayous, Creole culture and its big annual bash, Mardi Gras. Swampy Louisiana is…