by Marianne Smith Edge | Oct 15, 2019
Crisp colored leaves, pumpkins on the doorstep, apple orchards blazed in shades of red, vegetable soup on the stove…all signs of our idealistic fall scenario enjoyed with little thought of the challenges endured by farmers to produce these fall harvest delights....
by Marianne Smith Edge | Aug 15, 2019
How many times do you see or use the word “sustainability”? We talk about sustainable diets, sustainable agriculture, eating sustainably, sustainable buildings, sustainable environment, and the list goes on and on. But what does it mean? For a word that is so overly...
by Marianne Smith Edge | Apr 9, 2019
In areas of the country where we experience the variety of seasons, we are starting to see signs of spring around us. Dogwoods, azaleas, tulips and daffodils brighten up our roadsides and yards as well as our dispositions. We start to experience more daylight hours...
by Marianne Smith Edge | Mar 4, 2019
The future of agriculture is based on the principles of sustainability: sustaining generations of farmers and their land and maintaining an economical and environmentally sound business. Easier said than done! Today, many farmers are in their sixties. The growth of...
by Marianne Smith Edge | Mar 4, 2019
Growing up on small family owned dairy farm, wasting food was not an option, both from a monetary perspective and family well-being. As a small child, my father had experienced folks stopping by his family’s farm asking for food in exchange for work during the Great...
