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Edible Produce-Preserving Skin Startup Secures Funding
This transparent, flavorless coating could keep fruits and vegetables fresh for weeks.
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” Makes Goats Produce More Milk?
Reminder: Play Christmas music for your animals.
This Might Be The Weirdest Weight-Loss Discovery Of The Year
It’s a familiar ingredient, treated in an unfamiliar way.
Rise of the (Cow Milking) Robots
DeLaval International, a large Swedish producer of dairy and other farming equipment, is installing 24 robotic voluntary - meaning the cows approach the stations on their own - mil...
Alleged Thieves Mistake Hops Farm for Pot Farm
It sounds like the three Canadian suspects who allegedly broke into a hops farm after mistaking the plants for marijuana may have already been stoned.
7 New Books We’re Reading This Winter
From cut flowers to compact farms, winter’s best books will have you dreaming of spring.
House Republicans Want To Revamp Food Stamps. How Does That Affect Farmers?
Cuts to SNAP are bad for farmers.
Meet the Modern Farmer: Andrew and Jena Brentano
"Each cricket is like a little Spider-Man,” says Andrew Brentano. The bugs' ability to scale walls represents but one of the many challenges facing Andrew and his wife, Jena, bot...
