The Community Organizing Effort That Helped Save an Urban Farm in New Orleans
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Impulse Chickens and Trendy Goats: The Pitfalls of Modern Homesteading
A few months after backyard chickens became popular in the spring of 2020, farm rescues and sanctuaries saw an influx of surrendered birds. Now, they’re asking people to think twice before following their homesteading dreams.
Watching Grass Grow … From Space
Knowing when your fields are an optimal length for grazing is crucial for grassland farmers or ranchers. Satellites may be the best way to get that information.
Opinion: As the Heat Rises We Must Do Better at Protecting Agricultural Workers
The three-year average number of heat-related worker deaths has doubled since the early 1990s. Help has been too slow to materialize.
The World Could Lose Half of all Farms by 2100
A new study says that half of all farms globally will disappear by the end of the century, while the average size of existing farms will double. Here’s why that’s a problem.
Meet the Women Making Waves in Maine’s Tough Lobster Industry
Lobstering, a field traditionally dominated by men, is physically and emotionally demanding. For a growing number of women, that’s part of the draw.
Growing Green: Cannabis Farmers Tackle Sustainability
With a burgeoning demand for marijuana, both legal and illegal operations face scrutiny over water issues, energy usage, and plastic pollution.
In Becoming a Farmer, I Found Community and Unearthed My Trans Joy
Farming has allowed me to create a world where I finally belong.
Sweet Corn on a Decades-Long Decline
New research shows a drop in processing sweet corn production in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest over the past 27 years.
How the Haskap Berry Survives Arctic Temperatures
Grown under the rays of the midnight sun, haskap berries are a rare agricultural export for Canada’s Yukon territory.
