Growing garlic is an incredibly rewarding experience, but it can also be frustrating. Garlic is a high value horticultural crop in the onion family. Farmers are getting interested in growing garlic ...
As Lisa Kivirist and I write about in our Farmstead Chef cookbook, growing garlic is nature’s ponzi scheme. That’s what happens when you plant a head of garlic which usually consists of about 6 to 12 ...
There’s something special about garlic. It stands bold in the kitchen, elevates meals, wards off blandness, and carries ...
PRESTON, Minn. — “We just consider ourselves caretakers of the land now,” Paul Schmidt said. Their land rests in fields that have been nurtured through the Schmidt family for over 120 years. The ...
When it comes to cash crops, garlic has a distinct appeal. Popular gourmet varieties can average as much as $16 per pound by some estimates, meaning one acre — producing roughly 4,000 pounds per year ...
ASTORIA, S.D. — Garlic isn’t an overly common crop in the Midwest, with most of the production being in California and the Pacific Northwest. However, for Kristianna Gehant Siddens, it has become one ...
A garlic farm has opted to employ people to help with this year's harvest rather than rely solely on machines. A supervisor says the success of the crop has motivated people from the area to seek jobs ...