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An Organic Victory in Australia’s Brutal Milk Wars
An organic dairy farmer from down under finds a way to make a living in the midst of an ugly milk price war.
Wind Farms Stir Up a Cyclone of Controversy
Way down under in Tasmania, a bitter wind is blowing around a proposal to build the southern hemisphere's biggest wind farm on King Island, a small island located in the Bass Strai...
Obama’s Climate Change Speech: What It Means for Farmers
This afternoon President Barack Obama unequivocally put carbon pollution on notice. What does this mean for farmers?
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 deer sighting.
New York’s Only Organic Mill Could Go Up in Smoke
The only 100-percent local and organic mill in upstate New York suffers a devastating fire — and turns online to try to rebuild.
Creating Cosmopolitan Chickens, One Hybrid at a Time
Chicken Obscura: Another Belgian man fascinated by domestic interiors makes his art with chickens.
Hacking for a Better Meat System
The Hack/Meat conference saw tech whizzes, butchers and restauranteurs put their brain-muscles to work to ease butcher-troubles, improve quality and satisfy all.
Turkey Wars: Farmers vs. Wild Turkeys
With blue heads, bright red wattles and spectacular tiers of bronze, black and beige feathers, wild turkeys can be exceptionally beautiful creatures. Benjamin Franklin himself, in ...
