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Made in Portland: The $110 Cologne for Cows
A mother cow tracks her calves by scent, and will grow anxious if separated. Smell is the main love currency between bulls and their mates. And cows have proven skittish about the ...
8 Jaw-Dropping Russian Tractor Videos
If you haven’t seen tractor videos out of Russia, you haven’t really lived.
Weed Island: Is Washington’s Vashon the Proving Ground for Legal, Local Pot?
Washington’s Vashon Island is at an unusual crossroads. This rural community of 10,000, located just west of Seattle, has long been the closest the city has had to a farm corridor. With several hundred acres of land used for farming, most Vashon residents don’t just know their neighbors, they buy food from them. And, as island lore has it, this locavore spirit has also applied to marijuana since the 1970s.
Farm Pop: Candy Corn Makes a Comeback
Even the people who make candy corn will tell you it’s nowhere near a universally beloved treat.
There was a time when the worst thing that could happen to your prized pumpkin would be someone smashing it up. These days, though, you might need to put them under lock and key.
Modern Farmer’s harvest column, where we highlight what is seasonal, talk to the growers and share a recipe or two. This week: apples.
Smashing Pumpkins: A Cultural History of a Halloween Tradition
How the wonton destruction of pumpkins became a Halloween tradition.
Meet the Man With a Gift for Growing Giant Pumpkins
Leonardo Urena grows pumpkins that rival Cinderella’s carriage in size, beets bigger than your ten-year-old’s head and gourds that stretch to over ten feet in length.
Making It Rain: A Timeline of Weather Control
Human cultures have long asked the skies for rain, but we’ve gotten scientific about it in the last 200 years.
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