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How to Keep the Fox out of the Chicken Coop
It’s all about preventative measures. If they kill once they will kill again. Here are management practices to help stop that from happening.
The Modern Farmer Guide to Slow Tools
Like “slow food”? “Slow tool” revivalists are bringing back the implements needed to produce flavorful, nutritious food on a small scale — and inventing some new ones in the process.
Hong Kong Imports Over 90 Percent of Its Food, But That’s About to Change
Farmers are starting to re-emerge, supported by a restaurant scene that is wise to the benefits of a fresh local food system and a network of farmers’ markets.
The Modern Farmer Ode to Seed Catalogs
There is nothing better on a snowy evening than pulling up a chair by the fire and enjoying a bit of old-fashioned seed porn.
Competitive Virtual Farming Is an Actual Thing
Most of the major esports—competitive video gaming—competitions are what you might expect: fantasy beat-’em-up games, sports like basketball, first-person shooters.
New Study Finds Bee-Killing Mites Are Very Complicated Disease-Carriers
The source of colony collapse disorder, and the reason for the precarious position of honey bees, remains unclear.
Meet the Winemaker Who Left California to Grow Grapes in Vermont
Krista Scruggs uses hybrids to produce wines without additives, fertilizers, pesticides or any other chemical intervention from vine to vat.
Can Farming Stop the African Migration Crisis?
This Senegalese Rapper Thinks So.
