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Johnnycakes with Macerated Blueberries, Charred Peaches, and Brown Sugar Crumble
This humble dessert shows off some of Rhode Island’s finest summer ingredients: locally milled flint corn, highbush blueberries, and freestone peaches.
This isn’t your typical farm-to-table dinner. Then again, Walrus and Carpenter isn’t your typical oyster farm.
7 Gourmet Vegetables to Plant Now for Fall Harvest
Easy-to-grow ’cool season’ crops that you might have overlooked – plant them in mid-summer for a successful autumn harvest.
Neonicotinoids Reduce Bees’ Ability to Lay Eggs
A new study finds a huge reduction in a queen’s ability to lay eggs.
Tree of Heaven? This Invasive Species Has Insanely Successful Reproductive Habits
A scary, smelling, annoying tree that’s incredibly hard to eradicate is also incredibly good at reproducing.
Illegal Pot Farms Are Creating Superfund-Like Sites in California Forests
Some officials compare the illegal farms to Superfund sites.
Farm Aid’s First Film Is An Emotional Tale of the Advocates Who Helped Save Family Farms
Homeplace Under Fire, the new documentary produced by Farm Aid, celebrates the unsung heroes of the 1980s farm crisis.
Oprah Wants America to Eat Better and Is Using the Oldest Trick in the Book to Do It
Moms everywhere – and their unsuspecting children – know this game well.
Goat Owns Cop, Refuses to Get off His Patrol Car
The police officer has no legal recourse against the own.
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