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AI Can Track Bees on Camera. Here’s How That Will Help Farmers
Artificial intelligence offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming.
Meet Montana’s Only Maple Syrup Producer
David Knudson started urban sugaring in Missoula, Montana, building up a business and teaching himself the skill.
Why This Company Says the Popular H-2A Visa is Overdue for a Tech Upgrade
This startup offers a digital solution to streamlining a heavily bureaucratic and abuse-prone farmworker program.
I Was ‘The Goose Lady.’ Then Avian Flu Came For My Flock
Love and experience were not enough to save my birds from the highly contagious virus.
These Gardens Started When Travel Slowed. Now, They’re Spurring Tourism.
When COVID caused a shutdown of travel to Costa Rica, many in the tourism sector found themselves out of work, and a local non-profit helped them turn to farming to fill the gaps. Now, those successful farms are stimulating tourism in the country.
Farmworkers in Canada Hack Menus and Protest for Better Labor Conditions
Migrant farm workers are pushing for improved working conditions and permanent residency.
Meet The Modern Farmers Creating Public Oyster Gardens
South Fork Sea Farmers helps families grow their own oysters and see the importance of sustainable marine aquaculture up close.
Abandoned Farm Fields Take Decades to Recover Biodiversity—If They Can At All
A new study shows that, even after 80 years, abandoned farm fields still lacked the biodiversity and plant species of untouched sites.
Could New York Become the Mushroom State?
Perhaps it’s time to say goodbye to The Big Apple and embrace The Big Mushroom instead, as specialty mushroom farms continue to pop up throughout New York State.
