Across the United States, dairy farm families are having difficult conversations. These conversations are not in big board rooms. At these meetings there are no suit and ties. There may even be ...

NEWFIELDS — Through their new catering kitchen, the Vernon Family Farm has found an innovative way for people to get a taste of their locally raised food directly on the farm where it was produced.

Colorful and collected, this farmhouse kitchen with minty green cabinets boasts several farmhouse style icons: a salvaged sink from a flea market, a collection of ironstone, a primitive dining table, ...

Chefs work long shifts, often on evenings, weekends and holidays. Farmer hours are not much better; they must make hay (or plant corn, or pick strawberries) while the sun shines, as the saying goes.