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How To: Create a Farm-Fresh First Aid Kit

While many of us pile our plates with colorful farm-fresh foods in order to reap their many rewards, these same foods offer healthful benefits when used to both treat and prevent m...

by Angela Brown
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Enter to Win Great Prizes in Our “Guess the Cover Animal” Contest!

Do you expect an elk? Would it behoove us to feature a bison? How about an itty bitty barn kitty?

by Gabrielle Saulsbery
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Bees Love This One Pesticide, But It’s Killing Them Slowly

A rash of recent studies pile more blame on neonicotinoids, nicotine-like synthetic pesticides that could be killing our bees.

by Dan Nosowitz
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Beef Hormone Persists in Environment Longer than Expected, Study Says

Hormones used to bulk up beef cattle have a greater impact on the environment than previously thought – and for a longer period of time, too, according to a study released Friday.

by Gabrielle Saulsbery
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Are Crops Grown With Treated Oil-Field Wastewater Safe?

Chevron, which is providing the discount wastewater, says it is. Others say a lot more research and regulation is required.

by Dan Nosowitz
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Kickstarting the Modern Farm

Our Kickstarting the Modern Farmer series has returned! Scroll down to check out an exciting range of projects from a permaculture school to a helping a veteran start a second life as a farmer. Get your wallets ready: let’s make some dreams come true.

by Gabrielle Saulsbery
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Pork Chops, Pig Smarts & Muckraking: An Interview with Barry Estabrook

Does Barry Estabrook still eat bacon? It's a question that he'll likely be getting a lot following the release this week of his latest book, "Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat," which looks at the good, the bad and the truly ugly facets of the American pork industry.

by Andrew Amelinckx
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Low Milk Prices Wreak Havoc On Small Dairy Farmers

Will dairy farmers be able to survive in a future where milk isn’t guaranteed a spot on the dinner table?

by Dan Nosowitz
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Step Aside Beluga, Canadian Caviar is Here

The Canadian province of Manitoba, studded with lakes since the last ice age, has long had a large inland fishery. Recently, gold has been discovered, or at least, uncovered in the form of an unlikely byproduct: caviar.

by Max Leighton
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