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Pearl of a Deal: Meet the Oyster CSA

Longtime local aquafarmer and restaurateur, Luc Chamberland has launched what may be California’s first oyster CSA, Community Supported Aquaculture. Same concept as the age-old cardboard veggie box, except instead of parsnips and eggplant, you get an ice-packed cooler full of briny, sweet Pacifics – and the opportunity, as Chamberland puts it, “to get mud between your toes.”

by Rachel Levin
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Farm Pop: “Children of the Corn” and Rural Horror

On the making of “Children of the Corn” and why rural horror works.

by Andy Wright
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Why Legalized Hemp Will Not Be a Miracle Crop

Demand for hemp isn’t as high as hemp’s loudest proponents would have it — all you have to do is look at countries where it’s legal.

by Dan Mitchell
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In Season: Green Tomatoes

In which we highlight what is seasonal, talk to those who grow it, and share a recipe (or two). This week: green tomatoes.

by Jake Swearingen
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America’s Top 100 Land Owners

The top 100 landowners of America, who collectively own about the same amount of acreage as the state of Connecticut.

by Sam Brasch
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He Once Grew the Biggest Pumpkin Ever in Virginia. Now He’s Going to Change the World

Lucky was big, but she had nothing on Last Chance, the 1,138-pound Leviathan that Layton grew in 2007 and which still stands as the state record for the largest pumpkin, well past ...

by Andrew Jenner
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Lillian Colton: The Queen of Crop Art

Lillian Colton first entered a crop art competition 1966. Eleven years, she had earned the title of “the Andy Warhol of seeds.”

by Modern Farmer
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The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941

The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: a car crashes into a barn.

by Lucas Adams
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Learning Yiddish on the Farm

At The Yiddish Farm Education Center, an organic farm and school in Goshen, NY, students live sustainably while participating in intensive Yiddish immersion programs.

by Emily Matchar
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