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Consumption
New York’s Only Organic Mill Could Go Up in Smoke
The only 100-percent local and organic mill in upstate New York suffers a devastating fire — and turns online to try to rebuild.
Creating Cosmopolitan Chickens, One Hybrid at a Time
Chicken Obscura: Another Belgian man fascinated by domestic interiors makes his art with chickens.
Hacking for a Better Meat System
The Hack/Meat conference saw tech whizzes, butchers and restauranteurs put their brain-muscles to work to ease butcher-troubles, improve quality and satisfy all.
Turkey Wars: Farmers vs. Wild Turkeys
With blue heads, bright red wattles and spectacular tiers of bronze, black and beige feathers, wild turkeys can be exceptionally beautiful creatures. Benjamin Franklin himself, in ...
Food Safety: A Global Preoccupation
From China to the UK, why food safety is now a global obsession.
Old-Time Farm Crime: Dick Turpin, Horse Thief
Richard “Dick” Turpin was a highwayman, murderer and thug, but most of all he was a horse thief.
From the Racetrack to the Buggy
The Amish don’t gamble – but they buy their buggy horses from people who do. For horses who don’t make it at the races, a second chance arrives in the form of Joel Brenneman.
Dissecting Defeat: Why the House Farm Bill Lost, with Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Surprising most political observers, the House farm bill went down in flames by a vote of 234-195 today. Congressman Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat from Oregon's 3rd district, had a f...
Farmer Mistakes: Shock to the System
Jay Vogler was a produce farmer for many years in Charlotte, VT. In 1993, he added a small herd of sheep to his farm, despite having "no idea what he was doing." Vogler made many m...
