Why are calves separated from their mothers?
Brenda Hastings explains why calves are separated from their mothers.
Here’s What’s Cooking in Rosalie Parker’s Kitchen
Congratulations to our Week Four Reader's Kitchen Winner, Rosalie Parker! Learn a little about our winner and get her featured recipes!
How to make homemade spice blends
Homemade spice blends make great gifts, and they inspire home cooks to try new recipes.
Celebrate the first silent night
(Note: This column first appeared in Farm and Dairy 16 years ago. I offer it here again this year, because its message never dims....
Dinner Guest: Home is where the food is
By Sarah Cross
Everyone creates his own image when you think of “home.” For some, it may be their “home place,” where they were raised....
Napkins? Give Me Two, Please
How do busy families instill table manners, and what happens when the mom herself is a food-dropping klutz? Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb confesses to always needing a napking or two.
Here’s What’s Cooking in Lynne Almasy’s Kitchen
Congratulations to our Week Three Reader's Kitchen Winner, Lynne Almasy! Learn a little about our winner and get her featured recipes!
The self-sufficient gardener: How to save seed
Let’s not get so excited about harvesting vege crops that we forget to save seed for next season!
Wild foods to try this summer
Local foods are hot right now, and it doesn’t get more local than foraging food in your backyard or at a nearby park.
Keepin’ it fresh: How to store garden produce
Proper storage of produce keeps it fresh and ripe until you are ready to eat or preserve it. Storing produce in ideal conditions also improves its taste, texture and appearance.