The entrance to Easy Bee Farm, just off Easy Street in Moab, is tucked between thick curtains of growth that make it hard to spot if you haven’t been there before. “That’s part of the adventure,” laughs Rhonda Gotway-Clyde, who owns the farm. Once found, the long gravel drive leads to what does feel a little like a magic kingdom, lush with flowers and vegetables, and … [Read more...]
Stirling Fruit & Vegetable Co. : Finding the Silver Lining in Today’s Farm Economy
Nestled behind the Sand Hollow Dam and dispersed across Hurricane and Leeds, hundreds of acres yield peaches, watermelon and cantaloupe, along with a variety of other mouth-watering fruits and vegetables. However, these plants don’t grow themselves. Their care comes from the Stirling Fruit & Vegetable Co., which is run by David and Danielle Stirling. When David took over … [Read more...]
Solar farms present opportunity for sheep ranchers in Utah
It's not unusual to see sprawling solar farms now-a-days but, what the heck are those sheep doing? Tradition thrives along with new technology Hearing someone refer to themselves as an entrepreneur usually conjures up a certain stereotype: the young, hoodie-wearing, manic visionary pushing the latest techno breakthrough, or everyday types in their best suits … [Read more...]
Keeping It Real in Urban Farming
Tyler Montague did not grow up on a farm. He didn’t even realize the importance of good food until his college days. But something about growing food and agriculture got his attention, so much so that four years ago he began his business, Keep It Real Vegetables. Tyler is now a successful, full-time urban farmer who sells his organic produce to many of the high-end local … [Read more...]
Petersen Family Farm
Farming in today’s world is as challenging as Utah’s weather Once an area far away in the Salt Lake Valley distance, Riverton is now full-scale suburbia complete with a busy highway. Surrounded by many homes and neighbors, The Petersen Family Farm has had to adapt to farming in today’s world on land that has been in the family for five generations. The farm has been modified … [Read more...]
Farming In Utah: Second Annual Utah Stories Farm Issue
"There is no big solution," says poet/farmer Wendell Berry, "only many small ones and we must build our economy from the ground up." The rise of the farmers market is perhaps the best thing that has happened to food in decades. Since the 1950s, industrial farming -- or its more insidious description, "factory farms," has been on the rise and family farms have been dying. As a … [Read more...]
Grass Fed Beef Revolution in Utah
Salt Lake County's last beef rancher feeling growing suburban pressure. Driving out to Utah Natural Meat, there are acres of homes and new suburban development. Tall signs for WinCo and Jordan Landing draw the eyes of motorists. Just twenty years ago this area was all farms. Today there is no sign for the farm store of the third-generation last remaining beef rancher in Salt … [Read more...]