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Smithfield Will Bring Home China’s Bacon, But at What Cost?
Yesterday, Shuanghui International, China's biggest pork producer, announced it would buy Smithfield Foods, America's biggest pork producer, for $4.7 billion in cash. If the deal g...
Mystic Liver: Inside the World of Biodynamic Farming
When is the last time you utilized a deer bladder, cow horn or skull in the ordinary dispatch of your farm or garden? If you’re a biodynamic farmer, it may have been just yesterday.
Farm Geeks: Learning to Love the Circuit Board
From water sensors to weather stations, farm hacking takes off.
Amish Raw Milk Farmer Vernon Hershberger Wins Big in Court
(Above: Farmer Vernon Hershberger between two of his lawyers, Glenn Reynolds and Elizabeth Rich.)
The Modern Farmer Interview: Wayne Pacelle
We talk to Wayne Pacelle, head of the Humane Society of the United States, about his groundbreaking work on farm animal welfare and the benefits of using the carrot rather than the stick when it comes to working with corporations.
How a Common Fertilizer Became a Meth Magnet
On April 17, 15 people were killed and more than 160 injured when a fire caused ammonium nitrate stores to explode at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. In the wake of the accident...
The increased crop productivity and long-term benefits of vermicompost are undeniable.
Inside The Secret World of Plant Communication
More recently, however, "plant whisperers” - super-sensitive plant lovers who talk to their lettuce seedlings or play Mozart for the orchids - have been much maligned. Even Princ...
