From melons to mushrooms, the international elite have not hesitated to spend thousands to get their vegetal fix.
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.
Urban Composting: Now With Less Mess and Less Stress
A few promising signs that composting is getting a little easier for urbanites to compost their food waste.
Farm Geeks: Learning to Love the Circuit Board
From water sensors to weather stations, farm hacking takes off.
Are Rabbits the New Super Meat?
By all appearances, rabbit could be the food of the future.
Marching Against the (Genetically Modified) Grain
Organizers say more than 2 million turned out for marches against Monsanto and GMOs.
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 Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: an injury on the farm.
