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Truck Carrying Millions of Bees Crashes on East Texas Highway
That’s a lot of bees.
Labor Conditions on Tea and Cocoa Farms Are Not Good
Even certified farms were hardly admirable.
4 Numbers That Show How Hard Things Are for Farmers This Year
Between the opioid crisis, higher-than-average high fuel prices and impossibly low dairy prices, farmers are facing tougher times than usual.
Some farmers grow food. Others grow the seed that the rest of the world plants. Here we detail the role of a seed farmer.
How to Build a Three-Bin Compost System (And How to Use It, Too)
Two people can build our version – which repurposes free wood pallets – in an afternoon.
5 Reasons Getting USDA Organic Certification Is Really Difficult
The USDA’s National Organic Program is a complicated operation. Here’s some of the challenges to getting – and staying – certified.
10 Numbers That Show How Much Farmland We’re Losing to Development
“Farms Under Threat,” a new report from the American Farmland Trust, shows the dire state of our nation’s farmlands.
Last Word: Isabella Rossellini
In 1952, Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini collaborated on a short film called The Chicken. More than six decades later, the duo's actress-daughter has written a book, My Chickens and I (Abrams Books), about the 100 heritage hens she raises on New York's Long Island. Currently pursuing a master's degree in animal behavior, the 65-year-old polymath holds forth on conservation, connoisseurship, and aggressive cocks.
