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Somali Farmers Find a New Home in Maine

That Seynab Ali and other Somali Bantu refugees could come to embrace farming as exalted work is surprising given the ethnic minority group’s history. Farming was about the last thing Somali Bantus expected to do after fleeing their country, which collapsed into civil war in 1991 — especially in the U.S., where some 13,000 of them were resettled from Kenyan refugee camps by 2007.

by Laura McCandlish
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Wisconsin’s Weapon for Icy Roads: Cheese Brine!

From backwoods county highways to Milwaukee city streets, Wisconsin road crews will be using a new weapon in the war on winter accidents -- cheese brine.

by Jesse Hirsch
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Hog Wild: Raising Instinctual Pork

Schulyer and Colby Gail raise pigs in the most natural way possible at Climbing Tree Farm in New Lebanon, New York.

by Daniel Luzer
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Why Disappearing Bees Mean You’ll Pay More for Almonds

Why colony collapse, Chinese consumer habits, weather patterns in the Midwest, economic sanctions against Iran and even nicotine will mean you’ll pay more for that bag of California almonds.

by Dan Mitchell
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It’s Half Potato, Half Tomato: Are You Ready for the TomTato?

Thompson & Morgan sells thousands of plants and seeds, from unique hybrids to rare, heirloom varietals. But since it released the TomTato -- a grafted plant that produces both ...

by Jesse Hirsch
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An Ex-Conman Builds the World’s First Biocellar

With a charismatic ex-conman leading the way, Cleveland hopes to be home to the world’s first biocellar, which could help extend growing seasons in the wintry Midwest.

by Lee Chilcote
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The Coolest Cucumber You’ve Never Met

The Mexican sour gherkin is technically not a cucumber. The genus Cucumis contains lots of familiar crops, included gourds, but only one species, Cucumis sativus, is considered a cucumber proper. The Mexican sour gherkin belongs to another genus entirely, Melothria. So it’s not a real cucumber but an honorary one.

by Christopher Weber
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Farm Pop: Why Being a ‘Black Sheep’ Is a Bad Thing and Other Ag-Idioms Explained

Get your goat. High on the hog. We talk to an expert to learn the meaning behind agricultural idioms. Like, when did black sheep get such a bad rap?

by Andy Wright
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The Seeds of Legal Pot

Cannabis seed breeders prepare for legalization in Colorado.

by Sam Brasch
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