Author: Jeff
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Okra: Weird Name, Fantastic Flavor
Lady’s Fingers, Devil’s Candy, Bhindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Okro, Ochro, Gumbo, Quingombo, Goo Pickles, Beelzubub’s Bog, Bamia, or Slime Pod. Whatever you call this delicious Southern vegetable, you will recognize its most common, and weird, name – Okra! Here in North Texas, okra thrives in our black clay soil and warm temperatures. We love to grow Read more
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Heartstead Farms and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is defined as the flagship conservation program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to help farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners integrate conservation into working lands. Heartstead Farms received an EQIP grant to build our hoop house through their high tunnel initiative. Learn about our entire grant process from our Read more