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Fava Time

By Carol Ann SaylePhotography by Paul Sokal I have grown fava beans for eight years. Most fava seed offered in the U.S. is meant to grow leguminous cover crops to enrich the soil—three to five ...

Dollars and Sense

By Carol Ann Sayle A young customer once brought her New York City parents to see our farm. As I visited with the ladies, Larry took the father on a tour. It was August, and the man ...

Home Sweet Farm

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Andy Sams In 1787, Thomas Jefferson wrote to George Washington: “Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real ...

Very Superstitious

By Carol Ann Sayle You might think farming is just a simple matter of putting seeds into fertile soil, going on vacation and then returning to a splendid harvest—but come on; that would be ...

Central Texas is lucky to be home to one of the only chemical-free commercial apiaries in the country. BeeWeaver Apiaries, managed by Danny Weaver, represents four proud generations of beekeepers and ...

A+S

By Terrence HenryPhotography by Jody Horton The adventures of A+S Farm began on a drizzly morning in the spring of 2008 with “The Great Chick Run,” as Amy and Shaun Jones—a newly ...

Of Tomatoes and Time

By Carol Ann Sayle It’s spring—our 21st as vegetable farmers. A lot of seasons have passed, and many tons of vegetables have come off of our two farms.In 1991, as “commercial ...

The Dirt On John Dromgoole

Interview By Laura McKissackPhotography by Marc Brown John Dromgoole has been Austin’s iconic organic-gardening guru and radio personality for the last 30-odd years. His business, The Natural ...

Montesino Farm

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Jody Horton The sun comes up much earlier on a farm—at least it sure feels that way. With the first crow of the rooster on Sunday morning, my children ...

Fredericksburg Grassfed Beef

By Helen CordesPhotography by Andy Sams When Chuck Schmidt hollers for his young charges on a recent afternoon, the placid Angus and Herefords moo back and start ambling toward him in a languid ...