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Welcome to the (Ag)gregator, where you’ll find a daily offering of food and farm related stories from around the Web. Today, we learn about a new study that finds light pollution affects plant growth; look at an Australian company that sells whole steers to rich Chinese; and two separate lawsuits, one in Virginia about the definition of agriculture, and the other down the road in D.C. at the U.S. Supreme Court, which concerns California’s raisin industry. There’s also a bonus story! It’s an update on Two Face the Australian steer.

Turns out you can buy cannabis treats for your pet. Well, you used to be able to, at least.

Could this strange purple varietal be Kenya’s first big high-end tea?

This blog post refuses to encourage the rise of antibiotic resistance.

Growing tomatoes from seed isn’t hard, but there are a few things to be aware of.

Welcome to the (Ag)gregator, where you’ll find a daily offering of food and farm related stories from around the Web. Today, we hold our nose at the thousands of gallons of manure that spilled across a rural community in Kalamazoo County, Michigan; gawk at a two-headed bull that was recently sold at auction in Australia; look into a standoff between a British millionaire and a group of activist farmers who are squatting on his land; and learn about vigilantes in India freeing cattle headed for slaughter in Bangladesh.

After years of haggling, European Union politicians signed a law today with the likely result that new genetically modified crops will be grown in Europe. The deal also allows memb...

Finished your coffee? Great. Now grow a strand of wildflowers with the cup.

Here's a handy tool to give you an idea of when the final frost in your area will likely happen, so you know when it's safe to start planting. You'll thank us this summer.