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There are creative ways to recycle and reuse water, but as with most issues of sustainability, the best option is to simply use less. “There’s a fixed amount of water,” Kai Olson-Sawyer, senior research and policy analyst at the Water Footprint Program. “As the demand goes up on water, more and more straws go into the drink, there’s more competition over that shared water resource.” Though drought-prone areas in the West tend to be more sensitive to water issues, water is a finite resour

Farming has traditionally been a family affair, with skills passed from generation to generation, often through informal internships or years of apprenticeship. The problem with this model is that, today, many farming hopefuls don’t come from a farming background. They may be farmers market junkies and CSA devotees, but the closest they’ve come to plowing a field is planting an herb garden on their apartment’s rooftop. How to make the leap? Many choose the

They’re heeeere… The first seed catalogs have shown up in my mailbox! Like the first robin, these little books (or not so little, thank you Baker Creek!) herald the beginning of a new season – garden planning! Not to be confused with planting season, planning season is the time where I look back at the previous year’s garden in order to make choices for the upcoming year. It’s just way too easy to get ahead of myself – lost in pretty photos and prosy descri

The author is a managing partner in Elite Ag LLC, Leesburg, Ga. He also is active in the family farm in Rutledge.Avoid round baler breakdowns with some hours in the shop this winter.As the snow flies around most of the country, it gives us a chance to look back at last season and decide what good and bad things happened. It also gives us a chance to look forward and decide if any equipment needs to be replaced or if just some maintenance is needed. For many forage producers, the round bal