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Meet the Modern Farmers: Brittany & Dan Illescas of Central Texas Pig Rescue
This young couple were your typical urban homesteaders – until they adopted two pigs. It all snowballed from there.
Five Ways to Turn Household Waste into Garden Gold
Learn to transform cardboard, stale beer and bits of trash into DIY fertilizers, pest control and more
Fake News from the Garden: Five Plant Myths DEBUNKED
Can you tell the sex of a bell pepper by the number of bumps on its bottom?
How to Keep New York’s Farmland for Farmers
How do we help young farmers compete with developers when it comes to purchasing farmland?
For new Americans displaced by conflict and ethnic strife, the ability to raise goats lifts them up, providing sorely needed cultural continuity and a taste of the old country.
Leah Penniman is an American anomaly: black, female, and a farmer. In 2016, Penniman hit the streets of Albany, New York, to protest the police brutality that killed Donald “Dontay” Ivy, 39, an unarmed local man. But her primary focus involves fighting what she considers a far more common, yet more subtly brutal, form of oppression. “Corporations, and white folks in particular, control the food system,” explains the 37-year-old. “If the means of production are in the hands of people outside our community, we are dependent on those who might not have our best interests in mind.”
Five Garden Hacks to Grow a Better Garden
Get creative with these horticultural tips, while saving money, space, and your precious time
Hell in High Water: The Story of Devils Lake, North Dakota
An eerie flood in North Dakota has wiped out roads, churches, cemeteries, and hundreds of farms.
