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Grow Lights for Indoor Plants and Indoor Gardening: An Overview
Warm vs cool? “Full-spectrum?” LED, CFL, or HID? Here’s what you need to know about indoor grow lights for starting seeds, gardening inside, or houseplants.
Potting Soil Mix Explained: Ingredients and Labels
What’s in potting soil, where it comes from, and the environmental impact of each component, from coco coir and compost to perlite and peat moss.
7 Perennial Herbs to Plant Now
There’s no reason to buy half-wilted herbs in plastic packages for $3 a pop they’re this easy to grow at home.
Farmers Face Tough Choice as Clubroot Invades Canada’s Canola Fields
Chase profits, or avoid disaster?
Michel Nischan On How the Proposed SNAP Harvest Box Could Actually Work
“A ‘Blue Apron approach’ only works if there is choice involved.” – Michel Nischan, founder of Wholesome Wave, a national nonprofit making produce affordable for people in poverty.
Supermarket Food Waste: What’s Most Likely to Get Tossed?
A banana doesn’t have to be perfectly yellow to be perfectly good!
Name That Orange! The Modern Farmer Guide to Orange Varieties
Valencia! Clementines! Heirlooms? There are so many orange varieties to try. Here’s a guide to some of the more common options.
A California Lawsuit May Bring Cancer Warnings to Coffee Drinks
Is coffee actually dangerous?