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12 Vintage Photos of Garden Parties and Flower Shows
With the storms of winter still blowing across the country, it helps to have a little reminder of what's coming up once the May flowers start to bloom. In the spring and summer mon...
Alone, Not Lonely: On Modern Hermits
Andy Wright looks at the history and experience of modern day hermits.
The Call of the Wild: Inside a Goose and Duck Caller Competition
At the Great American Outdoor Show, the best duck and geese callers face off to see who the top caller is.
4 Fascinating Maps from the New Meat Atlas
The new Meat Atlas, from a pair of European non-profits, is stacked full of interesting information about the future of meat consumption — and lots of beautiful maps. Here’s four of our favorites.
Marketing Farms: A Q&A with Andrew Plotsky
Farmrun uses video, illustration and photography to help build the branding of small farms and businesses while intimately communicates the artistry of farming.
Got Predators? Don’t Shoot. Get a Llama.
But, beginning in the ’90s, a new voice arose among North American agricultural producers that suggested shooting might not be the one-size-fits-all solution.
The Ag Patent Explosion of the 1800s
The latter half of the 1800s was a time when America turned on the jets to head west and fill the space between New England and California. With that, food production needed to go ...
Celebrity Gentlemen Farmers: They’re Just Like Us!
Three famous farmers, and a bit of info about their farms.
German Dairy Farmers Start a YouTube Moo-vement
A group of German dairy farmers has turned to YouTube to try to reach out to consumers — and it seems to be working.
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