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Meet The Spanish Peas That Sell for $350 Per Pound

How a Spanish farmer turned a humble legume into a $350 a pound superstar.

Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
December 19, 2013
Farm Confessional: I Bred Mice for Medical Testing

When I was 21, I had a job breeding mice as a research associate in... (more)

Jake Swearingen
December 19, 2013
Dear Modern Farmer: Is It Legal to Cut Down a Christmas Tree...

Want a Christmas tree fresh from an actual forest? You're in luck. The federal government... (more)

Kristen Ploetz
December 18, 2013
Reindeer Country

We follow the Sami people of Lappland, who have been herding reindeer in the wild... (more)

Andy Wright
December 17, 2013
Adventures in Suburban Bow Hunting

In an effort to cut down on deer populations in developed areas, several states have... (more)

Joseph Stromberg
December 16, 2013
Talking Lambs with Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner

We talk with Lambchop's Kurt Wagner about how his band came up with the name,... (more)

Jake Swearingen
December 13, 2013
Why Farmers and Knitters Are Fixated on Icelandic Sheep

There are many reasons why growing numbers - primarily farmers and knitters - are fixated... (more)

Karen Pinchin
December 13, 2013
Stop Bleating ‘Sheeple,’ Sheeple

Sheeple, according to the wielders of the word, can belong to any number of flocks.... (more)

Dan Mitchell
December 13, 2013