Touch the Soil News #2043 (photo – Farmstand) (Courtesy of Sarah Stierch (CC BY 4.) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Mesa_Farm_farmstand_-_July_2023_-_Sarah_Stierch_01.jpg For every farmer and market gardener out there, there are probably two or three people in the wings wanting to do the same. An organization called the Market Gardener Institute offers books and training courses for beginners and those…
Category: Master Gardeners
158 Year Old Program – Bringing Tremendous Service to Gardening Yet Today
Positive Future #874 (Feature photo – Abraham Lincoln and Master Gardener Logo, Public Domain) Back in 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrell Act, which created Land-Grant Universities. These universities were given federal lands to sell in order to raise revenue to establish themselves. The were charged with, among other things, the teaching of practical agriculture.…