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April: Events, Affairs, and Happenings Around the Globe
Spring is here (sort of). It’s a time for renewal and growth, so get out and learn a new skill, taste something delicious, better your business, or meet some folks with the same interests. Here’s a list of farm and food events from around the world. Now, go get ’em, tiger!
Amazing New Law To Stop Giving Farm Payments To Corporate Non-Farmers
A proposal hopes to close a loophole allowed for government payments to factory farm employees who don’t even farm.
Pavlov, Comfort Food and Family
Turns out the dishes we turn to in times of trouble are linked to the positive relationships we had with the person who first cooked them, a new study from the University of Buffalo finds.
A New Way To Make Better-Tasting, Healthier Chocolate
Ah, health food. *bites into a giant bar of chocolate*
Waste Not Want Not: Food Companies Capitalize on “Leftovers”
As the public learns more about America’s monumental food waste, and the move to reduce it gathers steam, new edibles made from ingredients that used to end up in compost piles are emerging from pioneering companies.
How To Build a Cold Frame with Straw Bales
The bales are also good for stacking into play forts, but this time of year, when nights are still cool and the vegetables of summer are calling to be planted, straw bales suffice ...
According to some scientists, plants are talking all the time. We just need to understand their language.
Someone Stole Hundreds Of Easter-Egg-Laying Chickens
The victimized farmers refer to the thieves as “rustlers,” which is pretty cool. Unlike the actual rustlers, who are not cool.
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