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Executive, Farmer, Animal Rescuer: The Many Roles of Seed Phytonutrients’ Shane Wolf
Shane Wolf manages three major beauty brands – and a 10-acre organic farm and rescue animal sanctuary in Bucks County, PA. You can take the boy off the farm…but not for long.
USDA Officially Nixes Farmer Fair Practices Rules
A major defeat for farmers seeking to protect themselves.
How Elysian Brewing Company Turns a 1,790-Pound Pumpkin Into a Keg
And is this insane thing really a pumpkin?
Wendell Berry Is Not a Prophet
At 83, America’s beloved farmer-philosopher still has plenty to say about how our disregard for the past points us in a destructive direction.
How a North Carolina Minister Sowed Seeds of Hope in a Food Desert
First, the Reverend Richard Joyner got mad. Then he got a trowel. Sick and tired of seeing his congregation suffer from poor nutrition, the North Carolina minister sowed seeds of hope in a food desert.
Is Black Light the Path to a Stink-Free Livestock Farm?
Researchers at Iowa State University are using a new technique involving the UV light-producing device to help reduce bad odors on the farm.
Those Low-Fat Avocados? Well, They’re Just Plain Old Avocados
There’s nothing new about about attempts at “diet” avocados.
Guard Dog Wouldn’t Leave Goat Flock During the California Fires”And Lived to Tell the Story
Or, rather, to let his owner tell this heartwarming story.
Monsanto, BASF, and EPA Make Dicamba a Restricted-Use Pesticide”What That Means
The EPA has put restrictions on dicamba. But do they go far enough?
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