At This New Jersey Farm, Alpacas Help the Mentally Ill
At Fountain House Farm, members with mental illness recover and gain new skills, find jobs, and make lasting friendships.
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At This New Jersey Farm, Alpacas Help the Mentally Ill
At Fountain House Farm, members with mental illness recover and gain new skills, find jobs, and make lasting friendships.
Y Combinator startup FarmLogs is bringing big data to farms – with big investments behind it.
Why We Should Treat Poor, Rural Farmers as Customers Instead of Charity Cases
When Paul Polak started asking poor, rural farmers in developing countries what they would need to pull themselves out of poverty, he did something unusual. He talked to them like customers, not like objects of charity.
No Goat Left Behind: Getting Americans to Eat Goat
Goat is the most widely consumed red meat in the world, but it rarely makes it onto most Americans’ tables. Enter: No Goat Left Behind.
Fighting for Food in the South Bronx
A mother works to get fresh food in poor neighborhood.
You Can Farm from Your Couch With Farming Simulator 2013
The game Farming Simulator was once ironically beloved. Now gamers are ready to get serious, moving the action from their desks to the couch. Starting this week Farm Simulator 2013...
6 Great Farm Reads for Young Adults
A few farm-focused novels to inspire kids to learn more about the world of farming and maybe get a few young people back out into the fields.
Circles in Squares: Modern Agricultural Art
The patchwork of circles and squares that make up the farmlands of the American West are a familiar scene to frequent flyers. Those circles -- caused by center-pivot irrigation -- ...
The Best Movie About Coming of Age and Crashing Combines You’ll Ever See
But it turns out that combine demolition derbies also work as wonderful narratives for telling the story of the family farm. Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm explore this theme in...
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