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6 New Books We’re Reading This Summer
Summer’s new books promise good eating ahead.
University Farmers Bring Heirloom Purple Wheat Back From Brink of Extinction
A long-lost wheat variety comes back to life: now bring on the whiskey.
The Dirty Truth About Cold-Pressed Juice
The real cost of the juicing fad? Food waste. Tons of it.
Meet the Modern Farmer: Robin Emmons
Sow Much Good harvests an estimated 35,000 pounds of produce annually, delivering affordable CSA boxes to neighborhoods that were once food deserts.
Those LED Lights in Supermarket Dairy Cases are Making Milk Go Bad
That nice lighting that draws you to the containers of pure, healthful milk might be doing more harm than good.
What $160,000 Buys You in Alabama: Sonny Day Organics Farm
This 15-acre organic vegetable farm in Moundville includes a 32,000-square- foot, fully irrigated Harnois greenhouse.
Gloria Wallace Greene comes from a long line of farmers, but we guarantee her forefathers didn’t have a restaurant, bar, and grocery on their farms.
Florida Couple Sues After Front-Yard Garden Is Banned
Is it a violation of constitutional rights to demand a perfect, American lawn?
A French Sailor. A Spanish Hen. A Global Adventure.
It’s the story that launched a thousand “Chicken of the Sea” jokes.
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