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Does It Matter If Tomatoes Are Ugly?
The UglyRipe tomato is tasty — but the Florida Tomato Committee says it may be too ugly to sell.
Photo Diary: The Pacific Northwest Farm Scene, Part 3
Hello! My name's Eugénie. I'm a photographer from Portland, Ore., currently on the road in the great Northwest. I've just wrapped an artist's residency at the Tofino Botanical Gar...
Turn Cow Poop into $10,000? Bingo!
The first year Missoula played Cow Pie Bingo, it was raining; Blessame the cow was not in performance mode.
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: church.
Eat Your Words: How Literature Shapes Food
Researchers have found that a few seemingly innocent letters or strings of sentences have incredible potential to shape our views. But can they mold global economic systems? The an...
The $330,000 Lab-Grown Hamburger
Who would have thought that the simple act of cooking and eating a burger could generate such a lot of headlines?
For those not lucky enough to live in a climate conducive to citrus, there is a way to grow fresh lemons and oranges. But you’re gonna have to get creative.
Old Time Farm Crime: The Werewolf Farmer of Bedburg
It wasn’t easy being a farmer in 16th-century Germany. It was even harder when you were accused of being a werewolf who had made a pact with the Devil.
The Science of Cold Apple Storage
Why the apples you buy at the farmers market may be up to a year old and yet still taste delicious.
