Author: Henry Pettigrew

Weather events and latent environmental stressors are making it increasingly difficult to produce good yields of corn every year. With…

The first year I worked at the Dupont Circle Farmers Market in Washington, DC, I was enthralled by the atmosphere…

The long, warm days of summer cause veggies like tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash to jump into overdrive. They seem to…

Sweet potatoes are great. It doesn’t come down to much more than that. Classified botanically as Ipomoea batatas, this crop…

Permaculture is an agricultural system that looks to the natural environment for inspiration and guidance. There are many different ways…

Achieving a closed system on your farm is easy with a few key practices. Shifting focus toward nutrient cycling can…

The majority of the ILCMA grant was going to be used to purchase land to establish a commons—a collaborative system…