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Future Farmers of America: Still Relevant?
Like barn dances and the Farmer's Almanac, the FFA (Future Farmers of America) is an old-timey tradition that still exists in the age of lab-grown meat and robot milkers. With a un...
The Short, Intense Career of a Junior Livestock Showman
It all comes down to this. The start of the market lamb show at the Rockingham County Fair in Virginia is just moments away, and Kaylyn Beach, 15, is in the pen with her lambs, making final primps and adjustments before entering the show ring.
Lobes of Love: Eating Rabbit Liver
It is easier to think of rabbit butchering day as pate-making day.
Our 12 Favorite Farmers on Film
Crop circles, talking pigs, hearing voices in the field--the things Hollywood farmers have to put up with!
So You Think You’re a Master Composter?
Seattle Tilth, an organization that advocates and teaches organic food growing, started the first Master Composter Program in the U.S. in 1986. The program has changed over the yea...
The Sting: In Bee Thefts, Keepers Suspect Their Own
Stealing bee hives. It’s a thing.
Istanbul’s Urban Farms in Peril
Istanbul had urban farms way before they were cool. Now, developers have started bulldozing these important green spaces.
4 Ways Private Wealth Can Help the Small Farm
But growing food commercially to feed hundreds or thousands of people isn't cheap. Farming is expensive. Tractors cost tens of thousands of dollars, barns don't build themselves, and you can't grow marketing materials. Like any business, starting a farm from scratch takes resources.
Dairy cows never take a day off. That means dairy farmers had to keep a similar work schedule — until robotic milking came along.
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