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The Best Plants to Attract Pollinators, by Region

Pollinators are easy to attract to your farm or garden. There are four keys to success: don't spray herbicides or insecticides; do provide habitat; do provide a food source; and focus on native species.

by Brian Barth
Food

Farmer Accidentally Kills 1/3 of the Wild Population of a Rare New Zealand Shrub

By all accounts, the farmer feels really, really bad about this.

by Dan Nosowitz
Farm-How to

How to Make an Herbal Tincture

Herbal tinctures are a time-tested way to keep the cold and flu bugs away. Follow our guide to make your own.

by Brian Barth
Food

Scientists Have No Idea How to Fight Citrus Greening

Citrus greening isn’t so good for the green (by which we mean, money).

by Dan Nosowitz
Food

CRISPR Ahead: USDA Says It Will Not Regulate Genome-Edited Crops

Not quite GMO, and not at all regulated.

by Dan Nosowitz
industrial hemp may become legal
Consumption-Article

The Push to Lift the Ban on Industrial Hemp Is Back, With an Unlikely Leader

Everything old is new.

by Dan Nosowitz
Food

Will Climate Change Make Your Hometown Full of Palm Trees? (This Is Literally a Story About Palm Trees, Not a Leading Question)

Palms in the northeast? Not impossible.

by Dan Nosowitz
heirloom tomato variety handbook
Food

15 Ag & Culinary Pros Share Their Favorite Heirloom Tomatoes

‘Cherokee Purple’ and ‘Brandywine’ will always be among the best heirloom tomato varieties, but what else is out there? Michael Pollan + more experts share their favorite heirloom tomatoes.

by Hannah Saulters
six specialty gardening tools you should try this spring
Farm-How to

6 Specialty Gardening Tools to Try This Spring

From berry combs and cherry pickers, to hula hoes and flame weeders, the universe of gardening tools is wide and wild.

by Brian Barth
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