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Rig an old fishing reel to ensure that your seeds and seedlings fall in line.
China’s Worst Flood In Decades Has Decimated Its Farmland
Millions of acres underwater; billions of dollars gone.
Last Word with The Beekman Boys
After Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge lost their New York City jobs in 2008, they decided to make goat-milk soap at their weekend place upstate – and went on to build a farm-centric product empire.
Our final #iamamodernfarmer winner is a nurse-turned-farmer.
With a few smart tactics and a little effort, you can grow an online presence that feels organic and authentic (and reaps major returns).
Study: Surprisingly Smart Plants Are Capable of Taking Calculated Gambles
These pea plants proved not so pea-brained. Well, they don’t actually have brains, but you know what we mean.
Meet the Modern Farmers: Ruth and Lori Babcock
The two were harboring their own corporate-escape fantasies when they met in the mid-1990s while working at a software company.
Cropped: How to Grow Microgreens
Go from sowing to selling in less than a month with these tiny, trendy leaves.
Farmers, Foresters, and Fishermen Have the Highest Suicide Rate of Any Profession
Why is farming such a hard profession, and what can be done to change that?
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