Farming
Green Phoenix Farms Helps Homeless Women Get off the Streets
Green Phoenix Farms assists homeless women in getting off the streets and into productive roles by growing fresh produce at their farm in SLC.
Shroom Boom: Ogden Mushroom Farm Brings Colorful Fungi to Utah
In Ogden mushroom farmer Adam Wong is producing a whole range of colorful shrooms in his highly controlled indoor facility for restaurants, grocery stores and farmers markets.
Red Acre Center – Community-Supported Agriculture Program Offers Fresh, Local Food
The nonprofit Red Acre Center for Food and Agriculture lobbies for legislation that boosts community-supported agriculture programs, or CSAs. The for-profit Red Acre Farm sells shares in the operation, and…
Stirling Fruit & Vegetable Co. : Finding the Silver Lining in Today’s Farm Economy
David and his family were entirely unaware of the demanding hours required to produce a successful harvest that necessitates waking at four in the morning and not going to bed…
Winter Gardening — Why Wait for Spring?
I have successfully grown cold-hardy plants such as spinach, lettuce, arugula and even carrots, beets, radishes and Swiss chard right through the coldest Utah winters for more than 30 years…
Z is for Zucchini
These gardeners have their eyes on the prize, which is the state fair blue ribbon for the largest zucchini. Ponder that thought for a moment…the grower of Utah’s largest zucchini.…
The future of farming in Utah: an interview with Jack Wilbur, a hybrid farmer
The future of farming will look very different than it does today, just like the farming of today looks drastically different than it did 20, 30 years ago. However, the…
Every farmer is a gambler, every gardener is a believer
Utah Stories dedicates this issue to the gamblers and believers who each year bet and pray that their efforts will bring forth a harvest we all can share.
Three Young Farmers You’ll Find at SLC’s Rio Grande Winter Market
Three Young Farmers You’ll Find at SLC’s Rio Grande Winter Market
Snuck Farm: Ethics and Agriculture Transcend Generations
Page Westover started Snuck Farm in Pleasant Grove in 2015 on land that her grandparents inherited from their grandparents. From the beginning she wanted it to be something different. She…
Putting the Aggie in Agriculture: Student-run Garden Provides Fresh Produce and Experience
As spring brightens and days lengthen, students in Utah State University’s Student Organic Farm class are diligently monitoring the temperatures in their hoop houses and the soil moisture in their…
Woodyatt’s Montmorency Cherry Orchard: Tart Cherries Make a Sweet Business
Chock-full of antioxidants and a natural source of melatonin, the benefits of cherry juice have been making health headlines in recent years. “People love it,” says second-generation cherry farmer Dan…
Tripp Family Farm: Where Cattle Enjoy a Home on the Range
Situated on 700 acres in Richmond, Utah, Tripp Family Farm has taken a distinctive approach to cattle farming. Managed by Mark and Adam Tripp, the farm that has been in…
Support Our Local Farmers
By voting with our dollars. We need to support local farmers for our produce and decide we will pay a bit more for healthier vegetables. Stop settling for far less…
Liqui-Dirt: Grow Good Soil to Grow Good Crops
Most farmers in Utah have heard the old-fashioned term “dirt farmer”—it harkens back to the Great Depression when the plains lost most of their top soil, the greatest asset of…
Backyard Urban Gardens Bring Garden Bounty Right to your Doorstep
It’s the conundrum of the current agricultural era. As more traditional farmland is converted to residential and commercial development, and less arable land is affordable for farmers of any age,…