Sustainable Agriculture

Wyoming is at odds with a lot of federal conservation efforts, but Wyoming lawmakers, ranchers and wildlife advocates recently celebrated the areas where the state, feds and private landowners agree. They highlighted a ranch in Big Piney.

The University of Wyoming is part of a new study looking at the benefits of using a crop rotation system known as diverse perennial circular systems. Using this kind of system could help producers create a more secure food system and protect the environment.

It's not just in big cities that people are buying up kale and bison jerky. Rural Wyomingites are trolling farmer's markets for purple tomatoes and emu…