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Fruit Testing Technology Tries to Catch Up With Our Mouths
Consumers’ savviness towards and demand for the choicest fruit, research suggests, means the industry has to upgrade its qualitative testing for firmness,
More Cowbell: From Herdsman’s Tool to Cultural Icon
How did the cowbell become, you know, “more cowbell”?
Sheep of Animal-Obsessed Artist Flock to NYC
Sheep take over a New York City gas station — in the name of art.
Endless Summer: How to Farm in Cold Weather
Modern Farmer talks to Jack Algiere, Four Season Farm Director at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in upstate New York, about cold-weather farming.
Shows like “Duck Dynasty” and “Farm Kings” helped pave the way for an entire television network dedicated to all thing rural.
Farm Pop: On Farmers’ Daughters
The first installment of our new culture column, Farm Pop, looks at that lingering cliché: the farmer’s daughter.
7 Farmers Describe Their Dream Trucks
If money (and reality) were no object, what would a farmer’s dream truck look like? We asked seven farmers from around the globe.
The Best Wine You Can’t Buy: Fragolino
The light-ruby desert wine fragolino, illegal in several European countries, is making a comeback in Italy.
Each week we highlight what is seasonal, talk to those who grow it, and share a recipe (or two). This week: corn.
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