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How to Recycle a Hen

Few people would willingly pitch themselves headfirst into a chicken cage, but Jane Howorth did... (more)

Emma Bryce
May 5, 2014
12 Vintage Pictures of Cattle Branding

The practice of cattle branding has been around since ancient Egypt, but it was the... (more)

Charles McFarlane
May 2, 2014
Moose Milking in Russia

Moose milk. It's a thing.

Tyler LeBlanc
April 30, 2014
No Spring Chickens, Hens Help Heal Elderly

Hold onto your eggs, chickens might be the newest trend in therapy animals.

Tove Danovich
April 29, 2014
Livestock Portraits: A Picture Worth a Thousand Herds

Margaret Taylor grew up on a farm in the rural English countryside and has been... (more)

Andy Wright
April 28, 2014
Reducing the Dangers of Raw Milk

With changes due in risk assessment, management, and technology, are we leaving the raw milk... (more)

Marsha Johnston
April 24, 2014
Making Flu Vaccines From Tobacco

Tobacco is one of the most reviled plants in the world. What if it could... (more)

Jesse Hirsch
April 23, 2014
Magical Sour Cabbage: How Sauerkraut Helped Save the Age of Sail

How 8,000 pounds of sauerkraut helped defeat the scourge of the seas: Scurvy.

Tyler LeBlanc
April 23, 2014
Ant Farm: These Insect Cowboys Harvest, Herd and Milk

Ants mastered husbandry way before us - about 50 million years ago - and they... (more)

Lina Zeldovich
April 22, 2014