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How to Set Up a Home Generator
With wild weather on the rise, home generators are no longer just a convenience, but a necessity. Here is our handy guide.
Caviar, Straight from North Carolina
Atlantic Caviar & Sturgeon, just outside of Lenoir, NC, is the first and only aquaculture farm in the United States to sell Ossetra caviar, which comes from the Acipenser gueld...
Colorado Pot Growers Struggle to Meet High Demand
At The Clinic in South Denver, a sign greeted visitors reading: “We are currently out of recreational cannabis. Please check back tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience.”
Can Human Urine Replace Chemical Fertilizers?
Urine contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium — essential plant nutrients that are usually mined from the earth or the air for agricultural use. The Rich Earth Institute is collecting thousands of gallons of urine, hoping to make potentially harmful waste substance into a boon for crop production.
How a Robot Can Sort 2 Tons of Grapes in 12 Minutes
A ten-foot-long, Willy Wonka-esque contraption called an optical grape sorter allows one Napa Valley winery to quickly sort through tons of grapes — and leave only perfect wine-making grapes behind.
Take a look at Allmeinde Commongrounds where edgy intellectualism meets rustic rural.
Meet the Modern Farmers: Perrine Herve-Gruyer
International business lawyer. Fledgling organic grower. Ag-focused politician. Perrine Herve-Gruyer has worn a lot of hats in her career as a modern farmer.
Why There Are No GMO Oats (and Probably Never Will Be)
General Mills’ decision to stop using genetically modified organisms to make Cheerios (and, more to the point, its decision to brag about it on cereal boxes) was relatively easy: there’s no such thing as genetically modified oats.
Farmer Worried About Climate Change? Cornell Wants to Help
Maybe all it takes to get climate scientists and farmers to collaborate on climate change is a good place to talk about the weather.
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