As Bob Schrader approached retirement, he wasn't planning to take it easy. For 37 years, Schrader worked as the assistant director of the center for agriculture at UMass Cooperative Extension, part of ...

Why would anyone start a Christmas tree farm? In the case of Tom Ward of Ward Ranch in Bonny Doon, California, it’s because he loved working with trees. Ward started his farm in 1995, and it took ten ...