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Posts by Jesse Hirsch

Staff Writer, Modern Farmer

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The Incredible, Edible Bus Stop

In a London neighborhood packed full of low-income housing projects, overrun with gangs, prone to fits of senseless brutality, one bus stop is sprouting a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables.

by Jesse Hirsch· August 15, 2013
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Raw Milk, On Trial Again

For followers of right-to-raw milk issues, the name Alvin Schlangen will no doubt be familiar. Schlangen, a Minnesota egg farmer, underwent a high-profile trial last fall on charge...

by Jesse Hirsch· August 13, 2013
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Totally Nuts: This Farm Runs on Walnut Shells

It’s fair to say, most walnut farms never get mentioned on Saturday Night Live. Of course, most walnut farms aren’t powered by their own shells.

by Jesse Hirsch· August 12, 2013
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The Apocalypse Sperm Bank

Housed in a vast storehouse in Fort Collins, Colorado, the USDA has 700,000 straws of sperm, from 18 different species. They’re ready for any disaster.

by Jesse Hirsch· August 9, 2013
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Turn Cow Poop into $10,000? Bingo!

The first year Missoula played Cow Pie Bingo, it was raining; Blessame the cow was not in performance mode.

by Jesse Hirsch· August 6, 2013
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Ask a Mongolian Camel Herder

We tracked down Badamsuren, a Mongolian camel herder in his mid-50s, to learn a bit more about his day-to-day life.

by Jesse Hirsch· July 31, 2013
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All Hands on a Horse Body

Jan Barley is a Reiki practitioner; when she touches your horse, she gets results.

by Jesse Hirsch· July 26, 2013
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Did Jennie Manning Feed Her Husband To the Hogs?

Jennie’s husband was not a nice man.

by Jesse Hirsch· July 25, 2013
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Will a Sheep’s Wool Grow Forever?

If a sheep is left unshorn, will its wool grow forever? Is that healthy? Is this a glitch in the (wooly) fabric of evolution?

by Jesse Hirsch· July 24, 2013
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