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Hong Kong Imports Over 90% of Its Food. Can It Learn to Grow?
In the course of 24 hours, the city consumes 931 tons of rice, 1,980 tons of vegetables, 34 tons of poultry, 4,270 pigs and 79 cows. Supermarkets, restaurants, cafes and street mar...
Farming Shrimp in Corn Country
A white wooden sign with hand-painted, sky blue letters strangely proclaims: "Fresh Shrimp For Sale, Sat 9-12.” Drivers slow down or back up to see if perhaps their eyes have dec...
Does It Matter If Tomatoes Are Ugly?
The UglyRipe tomato is tasty — but the Florida Tomato Committee says it may be too ugly to sell.
Photo Diary: The Pacific Northwest Farm Scene, Part 3
Hello! My name's Eugénie. I'm a photographer from Portland, Ore., currently on the road in the great Northwest. I've just wrapped an artist's residency at the Tofino Botanical Gar...
Turn Cow Poop into $10,000? Bingo!
The first year Missoula played Cow Pie Bingo, it was raining; Blessame the cow was not in performance mode.
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: church.
Eat Your Words: How Literature Shapes Food
Researchers have found that a few seemingly innocent letters or strings of sentences have incredible potential to shape our views. But can they mold global economic systems? The an...
The $330,000 Lab-Grown Hamburger
Who would have thought that the simple act of cooking and eating a burger could generate such a lot of headlines?
For those not lucky enough to live in a climate conducive to citrus, there is a way to grow fresh lemons and oranges. But you’re gonna have to get creative.
