The Community Organizing Effort That Helped Save an Urban Farm in New Orleans
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This Japanese Animatronic “Super Monster Wolf” Scarecrow Is Actually Frightening
It’s kind of like one of those dancing and singing motion-sensor skeletons that are popular at Halloween – but it’s scary and loud and actually works!
Should a Poultry Farm Be Considered a Small Business? The OIG Says No
The OIG took a look at the loans issued by the Small Business Administration, a federal agency that guarantees loans to - you guessed it - small businesses that might otherwise hav...
Farmers: Tell Us About Your Favorite Tools for Summer!
What farm tools can you not live without in the summer?
6 Specialty Gardening Tools to Try This Spring
From berry combs and cherry pickers, to hula hoes and flame weeders, the universe of gardening tools is wide and wild.
Meet the Soil Sisters: Making it as Female Farmers in a Man’s World
A look inside the world of this Wisconsin-based collective of sustainable-agriculture focused women.
The Number of Monarch Butterflies Wintering in Mexico Is Down Again
Monarch butterfly population is measured by acreage at this important overwintering habitat in Mexico. This season’s numbers are down.
Study: Backyard Chicken Regulations Are Not Up to the Task
Chickens: rewarding, but unregulated.
The Real Organic Project: Disgusted With the USDA, Farmers Make Their Own Organic Label
The movement’s original proponents aren’t happy with the direction the National Organic Program has taken the organic label. So they’re coming up with their own.
Study Details How Climate Change Will Affect California Agriculture
A study provides an overview of California’s agricultural industry as it faces climate change.
