School is back in session and all over the state, families are packing. Lunches, that is. Nine months of school multiplied by the number of kids in a household equals lots of food to make and lunches to figure out. Keep the chore fresh (and even fun!) by choosing ideas that work for you. Plan […]
The Roy and Suzanne Runsick family of Melbourne (Izard County) is the North Central District Farm Family of the Year. They operate on 150 acres of land where they have 100 acres of pasture land and 45 head of beef cattle. Roy is a former agricultural education teacher and Suzanne is a retired home economics […]
September is National Rice Month and we Arkansan’s have reason to celebrate. Arkansas ranks 1st in the nation in rice production, producing close to 50 percent of the nation’s rice. Arkansas’ rice industry supports 2,500 rice farms, employs more than 35,000 Arkansans and contributes over $4 billion annually to the state’s economy. Rice is a pantry staple in […]
The Warren and Becky Webster family of Washington (Hempstead County) is the Southwest District Farm Family of the Year. They operate 14 broiler houses on 1,174 acres where they produce 1.4 million birds per year. They also lease pasture land for cattle and hay production and have 493 acres of timberland. When the Websters began […]
The Gross family of Hot Springs (Garland County) is the West Central District Farm Family of the Year. The family includes Steve and Stacy, Scott and Kay, and Billy and Mary, parents of Steve and Scott. They have a diverse farm on 1,280 acres which consists of hay, timber, beef cattle, pigs, chickens, and horses. […]
The Sloan and Rhonda Hampton family of Stuttgart (South Arkansas County) is the Southeast District Farm Family of the Year. They farm 1,600 acres of rice and soybeans, have 3,000 acres of wildlife habitat, and 500 acres of Conservation Reserve Program land. Since beginning to farm 22 years ago, Sloan has increased his acreage from […]
Have mercy, it is hot in my part of The Natural State this week and the only good drinks are iced cold ones. I learned at an early age that any hostess worth her salt will have a pitcher of iced tea or lemonade sitting in the refrigerator ready to refresh a wilting guest. But, […]
The ASU Regional Farmers Market’s mission is to develop and operate a locally-owned and operated farmers market in Jonesboro and the surrounding area. The market was created to give the small farmer, craftsperson, and plant grower a local marketplace for their products, as well as to provide the community access to its own local growers […]
The Hillcrest Farmer’s Market is central Arkansas’ only year-round market. It is open every Saturday from 7 to noon during the spring and summer months, and from 8 to noon during the fall and winter. Located on the sidewalks surrounding the Pulaski Heights Baptist Church on Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, the market began as a way for the […]
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has declared Aug. 3 to 9 as the 15th annual National Farmers Market Week, celebrating the nation’s thousands of farmers markets, the farmers who make them possible, and the communities that host them. “Farmers markets play a key role in developing local and regional food systems that support family […]