Jenny Steineger strips the extra leaves from the stems of lavender plants. The Steinegers are part of a wave of nontraditional farmers in Kansas and Missouri who taking chances on niche crops — ...

SEATTLE – Long after her final customer walked off the fields every August, Ivy Cheung found herself staring at the deep purple lavender plants that lined her 1-acre farm in serene Fall City, ...

Simpsonville, Kentucky — Just a mile past the bustling Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass in Simpsonville, Kentucky is a lavender oasis marked with a statue of a purple horse. A baroque sign reads ...