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Farmers, Foresters, and Fishermen Have the Highest Suicide Rate of Any Profession
Why is farming such a hard profession, and what can be done to change that?
Skip Google for Ecosia”and You’ll Plant a Tree, Too
A free internet search engine turns surfing the web into a philanthropic gesture.
Photo Essay: Salt of the Earth
High in Peru’s Andes Mountains, members of a 600-year-old co-op harness gravity and sunlight to harvest the world’s most elemental seasoning.
Five-Minute Mentor: Jimmy Williams
A fifth-generation seed saver, this Los Angeles kitchen-garden guru distills the lessons learned from some 70 years spent tending heirloom edibles.
FDA Warns About Eating Raw Cookie Dough”But Not For the Reason You Think
It’s not Salmonella-hosting raw eggs that the FDA’s worried about.
Q&A: Katie Spring from Good Heart Farmstead
Katie Spring admits it might have been a crazy idea to start a family and a farm at the same time, but three years later both are doing just fine.
Food, Farming & the 2016 Election: A Conversation with Marion Nestle
Part one of our new series following food policy on the campaign trail.
Meet the Modern Farmer: Joseph Brinkley
"I didn't even drink wine until I moved to California,” admits Joseph Brinkley, who farmed vegetables in Kentucky and his native Virginia before joining Bonterra as a vineyard ma...
What Brexit Could Mean for UK Farmers
It could result in a potential shortage of farm labor to a loss of subsidies for farmers already near the brink.
