LEICESTER, N.C. — It was a dewy morning when I joined Chris Smith, author of “The Whole Okra,” at the Utopian Seed Project’s experimental farm near Asheville, North Carolina. It wasn’t even 9 a.m. and ...
California farmers, unrivaled in crop diversity, famously cultivate some 400 agricultural commodities. Certain crops such as almonds and avocados have become icons of the Golden State. But further ...
When Aaron Reeves planted his first crops nearly two decades ago at his family’s farm in Princeton, just east of McKinney, he included 8 acres of okra to sell at the Dallas Farmers Market. He knew it ...