10 Green Halloween Tips

1.Decorations. Instead of buying materials for decorations, gather supplies, arts and crafts throughout the year. Examples include: Turn stockings with runs into spider-webbing Paint foam peanuts (packing materials) and turn them into worms Clean Styrofoam and make Halloween masks Turn cardboard boxes into tombstones Make other creative decorations from netting from bags of oranges, cotton…

Where the Suburbs Meet the Farm

Could “agrihoods” be the key to a happier life? Along the banks of North Carolina’s French Broad River, seven miles outside of Asheville, the very first neighbors in a housing development called Olivette have shuffled their furniture and boxes out of moving trucks and into their brand-new homes. These buyers weren’t drawn by the golf…

Jonathan Tilley Hired as Pine Dove Farm Manager

      Pine Dove Farm – Tallahassee’s first and only Planned Agricultural Community – has appointed Jonathan Tilley to be its new farm manager, allowing him to take the lead in creating systems of conservation practices and sustainable farming within the community.      Prior to taking this position, Tilley, along with his wife…

Hurricane Kit Supplies

Is your emergency preparedness kit ready? Being prepared means being equipped with the proper supplies you may need in the event of an emergency or disaster. Keep your supplies in an easy-to-carry emergency preparedness kit that you can use at home or take with you in case you must evacuate. Click for more information

The Calming Effect of Chickens

Chickens. They’re an important part of the agricultural economy, as well as our food chain. But to many people, they’re much more than a main course at dinner. Today, chickens are being widely used as therapy animals across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. While it may come as a surprise to some,…