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Working farms, soil students, orchards, and land kept in crops. 12 verified stories. Stories come from St. Martinville, Greensboro, and Denver. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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CommunityPlow & Pulse Foundation's free garden day was its biggest yet. Children planted vegetables, met a veterinarian, and took home a cabbage.
Verified · The Daily Iberian
ScienceJohn Smolinsky of Earthbound Forestry uses his one-ton horse on small, steep, and sensitive woodlots. A horse compacts the soil far less than a heavy skidder.
Verified · Vermont Public
CommunityDenver Health and Re:Vision have given urban-farm produce to 200 families in southwest Denver. The 12-week program is set to add the Westwood Clinic next year.
Verified · 9News
CommunityBrad Robbins, whose father started the family tree farm in 1975, was named Southern Regional Tree Farmer of the Year for sustainable management, with three generations still on the land.
Verified · KATV
CommunityAndy and Amy Corbin's 2,224-pound pumpkin set a new Wyoming record and put them in the 2,200 Pound Club, a mark fewer than 50 growers have reached. It grew in a patch thick with dandelions.
Verified · Cowboy State Daily
CommunityRon Wallace of Greene won the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Warren. His pumpkin beat the previous world record by nearly 300 pounds, pending certification.
Verified · NBC 10 WJAR
CommunityThe Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust closed Eagle County Open Space's largest conservation easement, keeping Susan Nottingham's family ranch undeveloped.
Verified · Vail Daily
CommunityThe state is spending more than $5.8 million to buy development rights on 22 farms in 14 counties, including a Bucks County farm that dates to 1765.
Verified · PennWatch
CommunityTeam Buche Cares received more than 35,000 pounds of pork spare ribs from the South Dakota Farmers Union and will send them statewide, including to all nine reservations.
Verified · KOTA Territory News
CommunityThe Fort Wayne food bank will use the gift for its Farm to Food Bank program, buying produce from Northeast Indiana farmers for its pantries.
Verified · 21Alive (WPTA)
CommunityThe team took the title at Iowa State among 30 district qualifiers. Dayne Chittick won the individual contest, and the top five Iowa schools go on to nationals in Oklahoma.
Verified · KCII Radio
CommunityWhat began as a Kansas City idea 14 years ago is now more than 14,000 trees in 847 orchards. The fruit is free to pick.
Verified · KCUR