Conscious Consumption

As natural disasters occur with more force and frequency, an energy grid based on electricity has begun to look quite tenuous. America is forced to look at its dangerous reliance on refrigeration.

Classic pictures of farming life during the colder months. Enjoy – and stay warm!

The F.D.A.’s new voluntary guidelines on antibiotics might not do much in the fight against superbugs, but they do recognize a deep connection between human health and the well-being of the animals we eat.

Yes, the average age of farmers has gotten older. But so has the average age of almost every type of worker.

In theory, farmers should be poster children for the locavore movement. They have fridges and fields (or home gardens, in the case of some larger farms) stuffed with gorgeous produ...

While high-end prosthetics are advancing by leaps and bounds, devices that can hold up to farming remain elusive.

The idea comes from Professor Jack Schultz at the University of Missouri, who earned a brief mention in Michael Pollan's amazing article on plant intelligence in the New Yorker.

1. No Farm Bill at Year's End

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