By Jill Henderson
After last summer’s brutal drought and a winter uncertain to end, spring brought about some unseasonably warm temperatures and the inevitable spring rains. And while heavy rains are not uncommon in the Ozarks, deluges are always disconcerting.
By Brian C. Campbell
University of Central Arkansas
Agroecological Knowledge:
Ozarkers who engage in agrobiodiverse farming have knowledge of their environment and the species within it that allow them to survive (agroecological knowledge). They utilize both wild and domesticated species, observe their behavior and interrelationships, and apply that information to use in gastronomy and agriculture.
By Brian C. Campbell
University of Central Arkansas
Willodean: Ozark Subsistence Traditions in the Present
On a spring day in 2009 I visited the home of Kenneth and Willodean Smyth in Marshall, Arkansas. They live a mere six blocks off the main highway, but their fifteen acres boasts a very large garden, fruit trees, nut trees, blackberry brambles, chicken coops, a humble,
By Brian C. Campbell
University of Central Arkansas
Taking form in cultivated fields and gardens, managed hedgerows and woodlands, varieties of crop species, and livestock breeds, agricultural biodiversity refers to the human-modified components of the natural world that contribute to the sustenance of human populations.
