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Food waste is an expensive problem. The average U.S. family puts upwards of $2,000 worth of food in the garbage every year.What some see as a problem,…
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The middle of winter is when the stream of locally grown fruits and vegetables in the Midwest begins to freeze up.Nicole Saville knows first-hand. Saville…
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Aubrey Fletcher knew she wanted to work on a dairy farm ever since she was a little girl.“I do remember my mom asking, ‘Are you sure that’s what you want…
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During the season of Lent, many Catholics don’t eat meat on Fridays. Fish, though, is considered fair game, so the Friday night fish fry has become an…
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Charles Bassett wants you to buy hamburgers made from his Missouri cows. That’s why the Missouri rancher wants to pay an extra dollar into an…
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There are mounting concerns about the direction of the farm economy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects farm income to fall for the third year in…
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What We Talk About When We Talk About GMOs A Front-Row Seat To The GMO Debate GMO Debates Heat Up InIf you want a front row seat to the national fight over GMOs head to Boulder County, Colorado.GMOs, or more precisely, genetically-engineered crops, are…
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Cannabis is beginning to look a lot like a commodity crop.After spending decades in darkened basements and secreted away on small parcels of land,…
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Cotton fabric has been a staple in our closets for decades, but times are tough for farmers in the U.S. cotton belt who are caught in the middle of a…
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The normally dry northern region of Argentina has a problem of biblical proportions.Farmers there are struggling with a massive outbreak of locusts. Dark…