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China Planning Huge Facility to Clone Cows, Dogs & Racehorses
A new Chinese commercial venture plans to clone 100,000 beef cattle a year for meat production.
Meet a Baby-Boomer Couple Farming in Shipping Containers
Urban farming is as hip as it gets. But it just got hipper – and more profitable.
Costco Declares It Will Not Sell Genetically-Modified Salmon
Would you eat a genetically-modified fish? Follow-up: what if it was delicately smoked and served with creme fraiche?
Love Cranberry Sauce? The English Probably Didn’t (At First)
Think this staple was at the first Thanksgiving table? You’re probably wrong. Here’s how it made its way onto our turkey-day plates.
From Factory Farmer to Something Much Smaller: The Lengthy Roots of Long Roots Farm
The grandson of one of Virginia’s first – and eventually most major – mass-commercialized turkey farmers steps out on his own.
After Recent E.Coli Cases, Are Petting Zoos and Ag Fairs Safe for Kids?
Questions resurface after a toddler’s death this fall in Maine.
Q&A: Meagan Burns of Rancho Santo Niño
Meet Meagan Burns, who raises Limousin cattle on 630 acres in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
6 Oddball Facts About Turkeys We Bet You Didn’t Know
Just in time for Thanksgiving: turkeys are kind of weird, but also really cool.
