Tag: Farming
Morris keeps family apple farming tradition alive with cidermaking
Though most customers know Sowams Cider Works Co. through its Warren tasting room, or by the bottle at several Rhode Island liquor stores, the...
R.I. misses out on $1B in federal funding for economic projects
WASHINGTON (AP) – Ambitions to jump-start the state’s biotech and blue economies with multi-millions in federal funding were dashed on Friday after neither Rhode...
Too many crops aren’t used to feed people
Rising competition for many of the world’s important crops is sending increasing amounts toward uses other than directly feeding people. These competing uses include...
Cloud Agronomics’ technology offers a new lay of the farmland
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Cloud Agronomics
WITH WIDENING PRESENCES in Providence and Boulder, Colo., and a fresh partnership with Microsoft Corp.’s AI for Earth,...
Maine mulls legislation mandating cage-free eggs
Maine might join a growing number of states that require cage-free facilities for chickens that lay eggs for commercial consumption, but some industry advocates...
A Turf Farmer That Never Stops Growing
When it comes to making your business smarter, sometimes it pays to talk to your dad.
For Kingston Turf Farms, a multi-generational turf grower in...
Five Questions With Tyler Young
5Q: Tyler Young | Co-owner, Young Family Farm
(Editor’s note: This is a condensed version of a story that was originally published online Aug. 3.)
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Breene Hollow Farm named 2018 Outstanding Rhode Island Dairy Farm
WEST GREENWICH – Breene Hollow Farm has been named Rhode Island’s 2018 Outstanding Dairy Farm by the Rhode Island Green Pastures Committee, the R.I....
Nonprofit boosting women on the farm
As part-owner of the four-generation Pezza Farm in Johnston, Doreen Pezza knows what it takes to be a farmer.
“Farming is not a glamorous industry,”...