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A New Alternative to Antibiotics?
This new technology could one day replace the use of antibiotics in livestock and perhaps even humans for a variety of pathogenic digestive tract infections.
How Can Egg Prices Be Going Up While Chicken Prices Are Going Down?
Which came first? Who knows. A better question: Which comes cheapest?
Once troublesome for growers, these tasty brambles have been tamed as new, improved varieties hit the market.
The Secret To Wildly Increasing Cucumber Yields
More cucumbers, every time.
Meet the Modern Farmer: Julie Johnston
“We thought if we could make it farming here, we’d be living the dream.”
Nestlé To Turn California Factory To A “Zero Water” Facility
A milk processing plant that requires absolutely no outside water to operate. How?
Duck-related crime. It comes in many forms. Sometimes it’s the theft of a prized waterfowl. Other times it’s the nabbing of a giant-sized blowup duck or a boatload of decoys. And every once in awhile, it’s a crime in which the ducks are to blame.
World Wide Webbed: Ducks and Their Unlikely Interspecies Friendships
Turns out, unless you cross one of these cranky creatures, ducks will be friends with just about anything. Check out the the ducks palling around below with their brothers from ano...
A Brief History of Peking Duck
There aren’t many dishes that can claim a royal lineage going back more than 700 years. Peking duck can. According to the official website of Beijing, the dish, known variously as Peking duck, Beijing duck or simply Chinese roast duck, among other names, had its beginnings in the Yuan Dynasty (1271 to 1368), a time when the Mongol Emperors ruled China.
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