
Reclaiming Wood
So many of our projects on the farm require building structures out of wood. I’m always building a new raised bed or chicken coop or fences to keep the chickens from messing with my vegetables, but a recent trip to the local hardware store was a rude awakening. Wood prices were double what I paid six months ago. Why? They said it had something to do with the fires out west. After taking a moment to reflect on the inter-connectedness of everything, I paid for the wood I needed and went on my merry way. My trip home was merry indeed because I passed by an opportunity, literally: pallets. Stacks and stacks of pallets.
By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Juneberry: the Delicious Native American Fruit with a Thousand Names
Of the many names for this plant, "chuckleberry" is certainly my favorite, but I've only seen it in writing, never heard it spoken. Around the Ozarks where I live "sarvis" or "sarvisberry" seems to be the most commonly spoken, at least among the old-timers.
By Guy K. Ames, NCAT Horticulture Specialist
By Guy K. Ames, NCAT Horticulture Specialist

Episode 188. Perspectives on Agroforestry with Rowan Reid. Part 2
In this episode of Voices from the Field, the second of a two-part…

Episode 187. Perspectives on Agroforestry with Rowan Reid. Part 1
In this episode of Voices from the Field, the first of two, NCAT…

Protecting the Integrity of Seed: A Listening Session on GMO Contamination
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Lessons from the Hemp Field
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Integrating Livestock into your Field Crops
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Integrate Livestock into Your Veggie Crops
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Livestock and Crops: Leon Stangl’s Specialty Crop Operation
Leon Stangl is a Montana farmer whose Yourganic Farm near Hamilton,…

Livestock and Crops: Korey Fauque’s Montana Dryland Farm. Part 1
Korey Fauque and his wife Wendy farm 4,500 acres of dryland ground…
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