How to Grow and Care for Nodding Onions (Lady’s Leek)

Meatpacking plants may rely on lots of human hands, but they also rely on functional computer systems.

Are US corporations liable for human rights violations in partner companies if they happen overseas? 

During his presidential campaign, Joe Biden promoted biofuels as part of his platform.

A district court in California has rolled back the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a genetically modified salmon. 

As part of the American Rescue Plan, Congress pledged $4 billion in debt relief to disadvantaged farmers.

Learn About Dutch Elm Disease Ophiostoma ulmi, O. novo-ulmi, O. himal-ulmi

Last week, the Biden administration released its first annual budget proposal. 

How to Grow and Care for Ceanothus (California Lilac) Ceanothus spp.

Since 2003, the US has lost about half of its licensed dairy farms. However, the number of cows producing milk has stayed relatively steady. Take Wisconsin, for example. In 2004, the state was home to less than 16,000 dairy farms. In 2021, that number dropped in half, to less than 7,000 farms. But the number of cows in the state? That didn’t change. There are still about 1.2 million cows in Wisconsin. They’re just part of much bigger herds these days. That means that smaller farms are getting squeezed out in favor of industrial farming and Confined Animal Feeding Operations, commonly referred to as CAFOs, in which large numbers of animals are raised, generally in confinement, and feed is brought to them, rather than letting them graze.

How to Grow and Care for Fothergilla Fothergilla spp.

Monoculture and non-native landscapes harm our natural ecosystems in more ways than one, which is why it’s important to keep balance! A good way to minimize this is by growing more endemic and native plants and herbs in your garden. Not only will this give you abundant harvests of these special herbs, but it will also help restore essential life to your biome.

While pruning a neighbor’s much neglected Hydrangea paniculata recently, I found myself musing on the history of this genus in American gardening, whose popularity has waxed and waned through the years. Grown throughout the country in its many forms and employed in countless ways, Hydrangea has found prominence in every style of garden. Often, hydran­geas have been taken for granted and left unattended, like this one I was pruning. Yet even among such disregard, this versatile ornamental lives on, winning over new generations of fans.