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Illegal California Marijuana Farms Are Killing Adorable Mammals

Who will save our beloved teddy bear weasel type forest creatures?

by Dan Nosowitz
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Foraging is the New Black: How to Forage for Food this Fall

Fatten up on nature’s pantry before the winter slumber: Here are 10 wild foods to harvest now.

by Brian Barth
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The Weird History of Dancing Chickens at Amusement Parks

In the early 1980s, while visiting cousins in Minnesota, my family spent a day at the Paul Bunyan Amusement Center, then located in Baxter. The park featured a variety of rides and a giant animated statue of Paul Bunyan who greeted each child by name. (I have to say it was a bit of an unnerving experience for a 10-year-old.)

by Andrew Amelinckx
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Pediatricians Want To Raise The “Smoking Age” To 21

Yes, this includes vaping.

by Dan Nosowitz
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Should an Oyster Farm be Wilderness or Aquaculture? Q&A with Author Summer Brennan

Battle lines in the Point Reyes community were drawn and dug deep. Friends argued with neighbors: Let the oyster farm be! Get agriculture out of the park! Lobbyists slung public re...

by Andre Gallant
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5 Billionaires with Ties to Agriculture”and Why They Do It

For some it’s about the money; for others it’s about helping the other 99 percent of the world.

by Andrew Amelinckx
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One Of The Country’s Biggest Urban Farms Will Be Built In Detroit

Detroit chefs will soon have a new source of hyper-local produce.

by Dan Nosowitz
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Bored with Apples? Try One of These 7 Delicious Rare Cousins Instead

Tasty rare fruits that big ag left behind.

by Brian Barth
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Roses for Autism: How a Farm was Saved and a Vital Need Filled

In the fall of 2008, Tom Pinchbeck announced he would be closing his family’s rose farm in Guilford, Connecticut, which had been operating for nearly 80 years. It had been a slow decline for the business due to competition from imported roses from Central and South America, and Equatorial Africa, where they don’t have to spend money on heating greenhouses and where labor is cheap.

by Andrew Amelinckx
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