While gardening can be much more leisurely, vegetable farming requires intensive cultivation in order to meet wholesale quotas.

Maintaining thrivingplants can be tricky when you only have a small space for your vegetable garden. Thankfully, solutions such as compact plants and creative designs can help you grow everything you ...

Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...

Growing up on a farm, I thought everyone had an acre or two set aside as a vegetable garden. It wasn't until I owned my first home that I was faced with starting a garden from scratch in a different ...

Although we often hear about the dangers of eating produce with pesticide residues, bacteria are more likely to cause health issues. “What’s the best way to clean fresh produce?” someone asked. “I’ve ...

Claudia and Ricky Crow, owners of Crows Vegetable Farm in Shawnee, Oklahoma share how conservation programs and diversification can foster ecological and economic resilience on small, ...

Leeks (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum) are a type of vegetable belonging to the onion family, which also includes garlic, onions, and shallots. Leeks have a long, white cylindrical bulb that ...