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There Is a Season

By Carol Ann SaylePhotography by Jen Reel As the truism goes, “there is a season to all things. . . .” Weather, plants, animals and

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Raising the HausBar

By Spike GillespiePhotography by Jody Horton Dorsey Barger stands amid her recently acquired flock of 200 chickens and describes how the girls greet her each

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Vanishing Act

By Valerie Broussard Photography by Shaun Jones and Carrie Kenny  Heritage foods—the plants and animals that once sustained our ancestors before the food supply became

What’s on the Table

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Jody Horton A family sits down to a dinner of fresh, locally grown greens and vegetables and grassfed, pastured meats—a simple

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Born To Be Wild

By Helen CordesPhotography by Ralph Mitchell On a sunny March day, the lush tableau at Wild Type Ranch near Cameron, Texas, is absolutely resplendent. Spring

The Fertile Floor

Photography by Spike Gillespie  Out on the edge of Wimberley, Gary Weeks & Company has perfected the winning formula for turning out stunning, handcrafted furniture.

Dyeing for a Flock

Story and Photography By Carol Ann Sayle My association with chickens began as a child in the ’50s. Two years in a row, my bro,

From Gate to Plate-Making Meat

By Erin FlynnPhotography by Bill Albrecht   My stomach lurches whenever we pull behind a meat-processing plant, because this is where we abandon our livestock

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Part Two: Saving Our Soil

By Jeremy WaltherPhotography by Jenny Stufflebeam Editor’s note: In Part I of Saving our Soil, Jeremy Walther introduced us to an unsung, oft-overlooked hero: the

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Texas’s New Boom

By Terry Thompson-Anderson Photography by Marla Camp The olive tree has been firmly rooted in Mediterranean culture since the early days of civilization. The Greeks

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The Eggman

By Andrea Abel Photography by Andy Sams The late afternoon sunlight casts a warm glow across the green pastures of Jeremiah Cunningham’s 90-acre Coyote Creek