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Guerrilla Gardening: Woman Promotes Positive Change by Planting in Potholes

Like many others, Elaine Santore noticed the growing pothole problem that plagued her city after the harsh winter. Instead of simply complaining about the holes in the road, Santore decided to fill them in herself – with miniature gardens.

by Gabrielle Saulsbery
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Review: Blue Ribbon Canning: Award-Winning Recipes

Blue Ribbon Canning includes interesting creations from award-winning canners across the United States. There’s strawberry jam, but there’s also canned mushrooms, vegetable soup and caponata for the brave.

by Francesca Shanks
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Campus Dining Goes Local

College campuses are developing ambitious initiatives to source more food locally.

by Lindsay Lennon
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How to Build a Brooder

Raising chicks is infinitely easier than incubating eggs, but there is still much more to it than just plopping them in a coop.

by Brian Barth
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Fenway Gets Greener

Boston’s Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox, is known for a high left field wall, nicknamed “The Green Monster.” Now, America’s oldest Major League Baseball field still in use will be known for something else that’s green: the largest organic rooftop garden in the Majors.

by Andrew Amelinckx
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Meet Modern Farmer’s Guest Instagrammer: Forty North Oyster Farms

Say hello to Forty North Oyster Farms in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. They’re taking over Modern Farmer’s Instagram account for a couple of weeks. Stop by and have a look!

by Andrew Amelinckx
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Irish Farmers’ New Sheepdog Is A Flying Robot

Sorry, border collies.

by Dan Nosowitz
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Spoiler Alert: New USDA App Helps Fight Food Waste

“Alert: Your peas will go bad in 1 day. Eat your peas, citizen.”

by Dan Nosowitz
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New Jersey Police Arrest Disorderly Goat

An easy way to get arrested in New Jersey is to headbutt a door repeatedly.

by Dan Nosowitz
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