West Virginia University Extension Associate Dean Jennifer Ours Williams grew up on her family farm in Hardy County, where she was raised with strong work ethic and learned the value of agriculture to the state and the world. Forty years later, she is known for being a tireless advocate ...
by Anthony Pahnke Denouncing corporations is easy. Using actual policy tools to hold them accountable and check their power is more difficult. Yet this is precisely what the National Farmers Union is pushing the Biden administration to do. In late September, the NFU began ...
by LZ Granderson OK, people. We need to talk. When the pandemic began and a lot of y’all started panic-buying, I was irritated. However, the family figured out a way to work around the lack of hand sanitizer and Lysol. Now, the shortage of toilet paper was a bit trickier, but we ...
KINGWOOD -- Buckwheat Festival or no, The Preston County Livestock Association was going to have its Youth Livestock Auction. That’s because the kids had already bought their animals, or projects, Vice President Tammy Bishoff said. “Fortunately, things are happening ...
by Kent Leonhardt The Mountain State is home to more than 23,000 farms that generate over $750 million worth of crops and livestock annually. At just over 95%, our state leads the country in the percentage of family-owned farms. The Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion (STEP) Act ...
MORGANTOWN—West Virginia University is celebrating organic farming with hands-on activities, workshops, farm tours and more through this year's Organic Farm Field Day. The field day will be held from 2-7 p.m. Aug. 28 at the WVU Organic Farm. From livestock production techniques to ...