Express Your #Felf: Farmer Selfies Go Viral
Farmer selfies, better known as “felfies,” have blown up online, but what did you expect would happen when one of the world’s most social media-savvy industries poses with cute animals?
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Express Your #Felf: Farmer Selfies Go Viral
Farmer selfies, better known as “felfies,” have blown up online, but what did you expect would happen when one of the world’s most social media-savvy industries poses with cute animals?
Colorado Pot Growers Struggle to Meet High Demand
At The Clinic in South Denver, a sign greeted visitors reading: “We are currently out of recreational cannabis. Please check back tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience.”
Can Human Urine Replace Chemical Fertilizers?
Urine contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium — essential plant nutrients that are usually mined from the earth or the air for agricultural use. The Rich Earth Institute is collecting thousands of gallons of urine, hoping to make potentially harmful waste substance into a boon for crop production.
Farmer Worried About Climate Change? Cornell Wants to Help
Maybe all it takes to get climate scientists and farmers to collaborate on climate change is a good place to talk about the weather.
Is Fungus the Next Frontier for Monsanto?
A new corporate alliance has ag giant Monsanto looking to the complex network of microbes beneath our feet for their next generation of products.
6 Ways to Fight the Menace of Cow Burps
Though carbon dioxide is the more common greenhouse gas, methane is 23 times as harmful — and cow flatulence is one of its main sources. Here are six things we could do to help ease cow digestion.
Will New Antibiotic Regulations Actually Do Anything?
The F.D.A.’s new voluntary guidelines on antibiotics might not do much in the fight against superbugs, but they do recognize a deep connection between human health and the well-being of the animals we eat.
Study: Stop Freaking Out About Aging Farmers
Yes, the average age of farmers has gotten older. But so has the average age of almost every type of worker.
A Mechanical Nose Could Help Farmers Eavesdrop on Their Plants
The idea comes from Professor Jack Schultz at the University of Missouri, who earned a brief mention in Michael Pollan's amazing article on plant intelligence in the New Yorker.
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