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Say hello to photographer Aliza Eliazarov. In honor of our official kickoff to “Alpaca Week,” she’s taking over Modern Farmer’s Instagram account. Stop by and have a look!

Farming Simulator’s biggest fans may be tempted to spend big to get the most authentic digital farming experience possible.

Health enthusiasts happily shell out hundreds of dollars each year for herbal products of every variety, from lavender salt scrubs for the bath to peppermint flea sprays for their pets. Those purchases support the $100 billion global market for herbal supplements and remedies, but a majority of those products—or at least close approximations of them—can be made at home from plants growing in your own garden or collected from a nearby natural area.

Also: In Texas, kids eat something called a “sunbutter sandwich.” They do not appear to like it very much.

The most exhaustive maternal genetic analysis of sheep may help developing countries breed sheep for meat, rather than wool.

If you don’t “Shake It Off” (meaning move quickly) you may never get “Out of the Woods” (“woods” = corn) and have to “Stay” for “22” (“too, too”) long!

Nathaniel Rateliff has always made music about hard times and hard luck, broken hearts, and empty bottles.

The Kardashians, we suspect, are not fans.

A new report on the global use of antibiotics and the rise of antibacterial-resistant bacteria is out today and the news isn’t good.