On a recent drive from his farm to Otter Creek, he makes little eye contact, answers questions sparingly. Andrus seems detached from the project he's been working on for months, li...
Big Brother for Baby Horses: Crowdsourcing Animal Care With Webcams
There is always someone watching your horse. That’s the thought behind Mare Stare, a website that runs live camera feeds from barns around the world.
No-Till Farming: What’s the Deal?
Like clean water and fresh air, good, farmable soil is vital to our continued survival – and we’re destroying it in mass quantities. Is no-till farming the solution?
Convict Cultivation: Growing Organic Behind Bars
Woodbourne is a largely conventional prison, for largely conventional prisoners. With one caveat: It’s unlikely you’ll learn to massage and dry kale at most other lockups.
Golden Rice: A Brief Timeline of The World’s Most Controversial Grain
Golden Rice is a genetically modified curveball, created to remedy Vitamin A deficiency among the world’s poorest souls.
Future Farmers of America: Still Relevant?
Like barn dances and the Farmer's Almanac, the FFA (Future Farmers of America) is an old-timey tradition that still exists in the age of lab-grown meat and robot milkers. With a un...
Dear Daily Show: We Respectfully Disagree With Your Chicken Poop Joke
On a recent episode of The Daily Show, John Oliver skewered the "chicken poop" credit - a tax break for burning chicken manure. It was a typical Daily Show bit, using fringe poli...
Raw Milk Provider Found Guilty on Five Charges
Raw milk provider Alvin Schlangen was convicted of five food-related charges yesterday.
