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Articles

Extreme Weather Stories
Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Thunderstorms Did hail wreck your car? Wonder why hurricanes form? Do you live in an area prone to twisters? Check out this informative and interesting story about extreme weather conditions.

Winter Feeding Mistakes
Try these solutions for Cattle Feeding foul-ups.

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Is It True That Cows Lie Down When It's About To Rain?
Ever wonder if cows can foretell the weather? Some believe that if cows are lying down rain is on its way. Is this a good method of predicting rain?

Why butter's better!
For many years, a major rift has divided this country. No, not urban versus rural, or even Democrat versus Republican. This split is the ongoing clash between-- butter and margarine . . .

Holiday Plants: How Safe are They?
Are poinsettias really that toxic? Learn the truth behind the health risks of some popular holiday plants.

How much do you know about eggs?
Are brown eggs better? What does grade AA mean when talking about eggs? Find the answers and more here.

Light Pollution: Are you a culprit?
Learn why the night sky isn't as dark as it used to be.

What is Earth Day?
April 22 is Earth Day. Ever wonder how and why Earth Day became a holiday of sorts?

20 Ways to Save Gas
Gas prices continue to rise. Learn what you can do to help keep your gas consumption and expenditures down.

Test Your Food Trivia
Strange but true food facts. See how many you know.

Hungry? Think Blue!
July is National Blueberry Month. July is the best time to eat more blueberries. They're healthy, patriotic, and tasty!

Videos

Jennifer's Garden
See how one Seattle resident turned her entire property into a model of urban agriculture.

Urban Gardeners: Seattle Tilth
Farmers' Almanac TV investigates community gardening and sustainable agriculture right in the heart of Seattle, Washington.

The Magnolia Family
Meet a seventh-generation Almanac Family in Florida that is hanging on to their farmstead in the midst of urban growth.

Green Spaces: Seattle Tilth
What is "Permaculture"? We found the answer along with a plethora of tips and advice for urban gardeners when we visited Seattle Tilth.

Building a Raised Garden Bed
Patti Moreno demonstrates how to build a raised garden bed in this edition of "The Garden Girl."

Build Your Own Window Box - The Garden Girl
Patti Moreno, The Garden Girl demonstrates how to build a window box from scrap, then mounts it and fills it with herbs.

Verlyn Klinkenborg: A Rural Life
Verlyn Klinkenborg, writer and editor for the New York Times, leads a life of paradox: half the time in the great metropolis as a newspaper man, the other half as a farmer in upstate New York.

Products

Episode Six
EPISODE SIX: URBAN GARDENS & SOUTHWESTERN HEATMeet with the Moffits of Illinois and see their unique collection of antique tools, one of the largest in the world; investigate community gardening and sustainable agriculture right in the heart of Seattle;...

Episode Two
EPISODE TWO: URBAN CHICKENS & GUITARSHear tales from former president Jimmy Carter about being a peanut farmer; meet the man who's crafted guitars for Eric Clapton and Johnny Cash; watch a Seattle landscape designer demonstrate how to raise urban...

Living on an Acre
Living on an Acre by U.S. Department of Agriculture; Edited and updated by Christine WoodsideWho hasn't daydreamed at one time or another about selling produce at a farmer's market, keeping chickens, or planting an orchard of fruit trees? Inside every...

Elephant - DK Eyewitness VHS
The DK Eyewitness Elephant Video traces this impressive animal, and shows you how through war, pageantry, agriculture, and exploration, the elephant has developed a unique relationship with humankind - and become one of the most cherished, yet endangered, animals in...

Season 2 Episode 8
Quilted Barns? That's what you'll find in Grundy County, Iowa, where an arts program brought agriculture to the rescue of both the family and Historic barns.Lobsterman Paul Hickey takes us out to sea in one of the countries favorite meals.Surrounded...

Season 2 Episode 1
New York Times, columnist, Verlyn Klinkenborg converses with us about rural and urban life. His take on which is the hardest is surprising.Nickel Creek gives us a look inside their 2006 tour and long history.A father and son team...

Episode Eight
EPISODE EIGHT: WORM BINS & AMAZING LUMBERJACKSGuess how old one of the winners is in Part Two of the International Lumberjack Championship; meet a seventh-generation Almanac Family in Florida that is hanging on to their farmstead in the midst of...

Blog

American Agriculture Trivia - Quiz 2
August 18, 2006 7:36 AM

Sacking Organic Vegetables
September 15, 2006 4:47 PM


What is the FFA?
October 12, 2006 10:49 AM

All About Dairy Cows
August 8, 2006 12:11 PM

Time to Think Locally
March 26, 2008 10:22 AM

New Face of the FFA - City Folk
November 16, 2006 9:55 AM

Pruning the Vineyard with the Pros
February 23, 2006 4:17 PM

Pages

Garden Girl - Patti Moreno
Patricia Moreno, the Garden Girl, was born in raised in New York City. She grew up in Spanish Harlem on Manhattan and was educated at Nightingale-Bamford School for girls. Her path to Urban Sustainable Living began in the mid 1990's,...

2006-2007 Weather Outlook for the U.S.
Tired of the Heat? Hang on – 2007 Farmers' Almanac Predicts "SHIVERY IS NOT DEAD"Lewiston, ME: After a brutally hot summer in most of the country, cool news is on the way. The new edition of the Farmers' Almanac, which...