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April 30, 2021 Mark Kennedy NEW YORK (AP) — Despite thousands of years of humans working the soil, there are still things to learn. Just ask Farmer Lee Jones about the beet leaves. The Ohio-based farmer had planted too many beets and the surplus was dumped in a pile in a cooler. He returned later to find that when he dug below the first layer, to where the beets got no light exposure, beautiful leaves were growing out of the vegetable in the dark. “It’s a yellow leaf with red veins. And it’s one of the sexiest things that you can imagine,” he said. “We’re like, ‘Holy smokes, t...

Mark Kennedy April 21, 2021 - 7:18 AM NEW YORK - Despite thousands of years of humans working the soil, there are still things to learn. Just ask Farmer Lee Jones about the beet leaves. The Ohio-based farmer had planted too many beets and the surplus was dumped in a pile in a cooler. He returned later to find that when he dug below the first layer, to where the beets got no light exposure, beautiful leaves were growing out of the vegetable in the dark. “It’s a yellow leaf with red veins. And it’s one of the sexiest things that you can imagine,” ...

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Despite thousands of years of humans working the soil, there are still things to learn. Just ask Farmer Lee Jones about the beet leaves. The Ohio-based farmer had planted too many beets and the surplus was dumped in a pile in a cooler. He returned later to find that when he dug below the first layer, to where the beets got no light exposure, beautiful leaves were growing out of the vegetable in the dark. “It’s a yellow leaf with red veins. And it’s one of the sexiest things that you can imagine,” he s...

The recipe book comes on the tail end of an unprecedented year at the farm. Credit: Megan Gallagher Author: Doug Trattner Updated: 6:33 PM EDT April 14, 2021 HURON, Ohio — Farmer Lee Jones’ family has been farming in and around Huron, Ohio, for generations, owing to the land’s rich, sandy loam, a vestige from when it was lake bottom. Like their colleagues at the time, the family cultivated cash crops like beans, corn, and soy for sale to large wholesale buyers. But Mother Nature had a surprise in store for the Joneses, one that would upend their lives and...

/ Segment 1, beginning at 4:04: Small businesses in Kansas and Missouri are trying to hang on while waiting for additional assistance from the federal government. Across the country four million small businesses didn't make it through 2020. For those Kansas and Missouri companies that did survive the question now is: How much relief will Congress authorize and how quickly can they get it? For workers, will they see a rise in the minimum wage once employers are back on their feet? Brad Jones, Missouri state director for the National Federation of Independent Business Dan Murray, Kansas...