ELMIRA, Ore. (AP) - Out on a former cattle ranch in the foothills of the Coast Range, Norman Vidoni has taken a great leap - or maybe that should be hop - of faith. A dedicated home brewer with no ...

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — Jim Passwaters always wanted to be a farmer growing up, but he never had the land. At 58, he still doesn’t. That hasn’t stopped Passwaters from starting Delaware’s first and ...

Ian Birkett s family has farmed on a 300-acre piece of land on Satterly Road in Ferrisburgh for six generations. Over the years they have raised cows, bred horses, made maple sugar and grown apples.

That growing demand for ultra-bitter brews is fanning fears of hops shortages, and in Virginia it’s raising hopes that commercial hops farming can be re-established in the commonwealth. Oliver said ...

Craft beer, long favored in other parts of the world is growing in popularity here in Virginia. All beer, whether it is brewed by Budweiser or at a small local brewery, is brewed with grain, hops, ...

A few miles north of Two Harbors, perched on the banks of the Stewart River, a new farm is drawing some attention. In 2012, its owners started growing climbing green crops on high-strung wires and, in ...