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Farm Confessional: How to Tell People You’ve Decided to Become a Farmer
As a 23-year-old British-born Ghanaian woman is finding it difficult to give people the answer they’re looking for.
Farm Policy Primer: What is a Conservation Easement?
There are rewards, both moral and financial, for not selling Grandpa's farm to the local real estate developer.
Voices of the Food Chain and StoryCorps Share the Stories of the Workers Who Help Feed Us
A new oral history project, Voices of the Food Chain, gives food workers a chance to tell their stories.
Farm Confessional: Here’s My Beef with Farmers Who Claim Organic When They Are Not
A Certified Naturally Grown farmer opens up about fraud on the farmers market scene – and his own failed foray into USDA Organic certification.
Farm Confessional: I Slaughtered an Animal I Truly Loved
One writer shares her struggle to put down the one farm animal she never planned on butchering.
6 Differences Between Llamas and Alpacas
Sure, they may look similar at first glance, but alpacas and llamas are actually quite different.
How to Grow and Harvest Grains in Your Backyard
Bread, beer, and pasta all originate with a planting of grain seed in fall. Be the first on your block to grow your own.
How to Grow Your Own Tomatoes, Part 2: Transplanting
To help your little tomato seedlings along, there are two things you need to do before you transplant them.
Mothering chicken eggs is not for everyone, but if you think it might be your calling, here's how to do it.
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