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The Imbibes of March

A look at a biÁ¨re de Mars, a once common, now rare type of spring beer.

by Daniel Fromson
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Inside the Milk Machine: How Modern Dairy Works

How does milk get made? It’s a process that is far more shrouded in mystery than it used to be. Modern Farmer spent two days at Ronnybrook Farm in upstate New York to get an inside look at the relationship between cow, calf, milk and farmer.

by Mark Kurlansky
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7 Prominent Pop Culture Pigs

Celebrity pigs are frog lovers, entertainers, spokesmen, best friends, sheep herders, family members, and even bloodthirsty mutant monsters. We’ve gathered some clips of pop culture’s most celebrated swine.

by Christopher Surprenant
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Unsolved Mystery: Exploding Pig Poop

A year and half and thousands of jars of pig poop later, scientists in the Midwest still have little idea what is causing pig manure to ignite like a fireball at the end of a Schwarzenegger movie.

by Sam Brasch
Never Buy a Teacup Pig
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Never Buy a Teacup Pig

Thinking about buying a teacup pig? Just know that it won’t fit in a teacup (or your house) for very long.

by Jake Swearingen
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Inside the Pig War of 1859

How one dead swine nearly sparked an epic set of battles between the British and Americans.

by Alexis Coe
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Bloody, and Bucolic

Behind rural noir literary genre.

by Tom Bouman
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Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Is Nasty ” and It Could Get Worse

The National Pork Board issued a statement on Tuesday calling Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus its “No. 1 priority” and announcing the commitment of more than $1 million to research the virus and combat its spread.

by Dan Mitchell
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The Quest to Grow Human Organs Inside Pigs Comes to the U.S.

One of Japan’s top stem cell scientists is on his way to California to use pigs as incubators for human organs. Is the U.S. ready?

by Sam Brasch
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