At Maysville High School in Maysville, Mo., population 1,100, classes can be a little tough for the squeamish. Course work can involve assigned reading and algebra, but also a serious amount of blood and guts. In 2022, the high school, an hour’s drive north of Kansas City, added an elective farm-to-table course run by a […]
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Head to East Bay, Rhode Island, for an Idyllic Fall Weekend Getaway
“We’re growing a small business and learning as we go,” said Claire Bowen as she arranged bushels of sweet and charmingly imperfect organic apples on a late-September afternoon. “We hope to cultivate connections between local farms and local tables.” Behind her, rows of brightly hued zinnias and an orchard of 700 apple trees swayed in […]
Read MoreA Backyard Gardener Grows Pawpaws in Brooklyn
When Reza Farzan wakes up, the first thing he does is check on his pawpaws. He is a 70-year-old bookkeeper with a full workload, but September is pawpaw season, and he is waiting for his fruit to drop. It will — in its own time. Thirty years ago, when he moved into an unassuming mint-green […]
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