Jaclynn Knutson grew up on her family’s farm in Turner County, South Dakota, and, as far back as she remembers, she helped with the farm and hog operations. Currently a senior at South Dakota State University, Jaclynn is a three-time Niman Ranch Next Generation Scholarship Award Winner and will graduate […]
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Aaron Williams: A sixth-generation hog farmer on legacy, family farms, and more
Aaron Williams took over his family’s hog farm in Villisca, Iowa, shortly after finishing college. And while he thought about going down a different career path, he knew the family farm — and the hogs that he had raised since he was a child — was his true calling. After […]
The sun and regenerative farming – The magic of photosynthesis
6H2O + 6CO2 = C6H12O6 + 6O2 There it is. Photosynthesis. The miracle that makes life on earth possible. For those of us who aren’t chemists, the above equation essentially reads: Take six molecules of water plus six molecules of carbon dioxide, thrown them into the blender of plant physiology, […]