The Press Democrat

The women raising Sonoma sheep for wool, despite economic struggles

Martha Cant sells her wool and yarn through a Bodega co-op and has produced some commercially-spun yarn from her sheep.
Northcountrypublicradio.org

North Country at Work: Raising sheep sustainably in Westport

Agriculture is aging. The average American farmer is about 57 years old, two years older than a decade ago. To feed everyone, we need a new generation of farmers. Taylor Lafleur and Kirstin Liebl are ...

First-generation farmers feature yaks, wine on Hamilton County farm

There are plenty of farms across the Indiana countryside, but one Hamilton County family is doing more than raising animals.
WBUR

Farmers in Vermont expected a sheep to have twins. She ended up having rare sextuplets

Anne O'Connor just kept counting sheep, and it made her anything but sleepy. A sheep owned by O'Connor, who runs Clover & Bee Farm in Underhill, Vermont, with her husband, Gunnar, gave birth to a rare ...
WDBJ

Dominion Energy partners with local farmer to add sheep to solar farm

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Some four-legged friends are taking over solar farms in Pittsylvania County as part of Dominion Energy’s efforts to find agricultural uses for its solar farms. Local ...

Un-baa-lievable! Farm welcomes rare sheep sextuplets

A Vermont farmer counting sheep must have thought she was dreaming after an expected set of twins turned out to be a rare batch of six lambs. Anne O’Connor, the owner of Clover & Bee Farm in Underhill ...