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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 ...
Food Safety: A Global Preoccupation
From China to the UK, why food safety is now a global obsession.
Old-Time Farm Crime: Dick Turpin, Horse Thief
Richard “Dick” Turpin was a highwayman, murderer and thug, but most of all he was a horse thief.
