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Could a Simple New Farm Sack Help Millions of African Farmers? Bill Gates Thinks So
How a simple bag is helping African farmers save their crops from pests.
Red Gold: Farming Saffron in Sardinia
A trip to Sardinia, where saffron — of the most expensive plants in the world — is carefully, carefully harvested.
One of America’s favorite authors was also an organic farmer.
Garden, Meet Edyn: How the ‘Internet of Things’ Has Moved Outside
A snazzy new start-up, Edyn, joins the ranks of food-focused Silicon Valley hardware.
7 Strange But True Food Disasters
Floods of molasses, torrents of beer and antifreeze in your wine? We take look at when food production goes terribly wrong.
Radar Picks Up Massive Grasshopper Swarm over Albuquerque
Radar analysts in Albuquerque, New Mexico were stumped last week when a mysterious blob moved in over the region. What looked like a run-of-the-mill rainstorm turned out to be a grasshopper invasion.
Inside the Ramp Capital of the World
Ramps may be seemingly ubiquitous on the East Coast this time of year, but where do they come from? Our correspondent takes a trip to West Virginia to meet that rare breed, a ramp farmer.
Is There Such a Thing As Sustainable Corn?
Can King Corn ever become a sustainable crop? The USDA is funding an initiative to find out.
4th Confirmed U.S. Death from Mad Cow Disease in Texas
America’s fourth-ever fatal case of the degenerative brain disease variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) has been confirmed in the U.S., according to a June 2nd press release issued by the Centers for Disease Control.
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