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Industrial hemp farming could play a big role in providing economic stability in impoverished areas, creating jobs and businesses for veterans, and growing a...
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I recently rediscovered my oscillating or scuffle hoe, which had been tucked away in our basement for way too long. And now I am...
Industrial-scale aquaponics is coming of age
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Toil with the soil
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Growing up on a farm, I had dreams of living in a big city or abroad and working a job where I...
EPA surprise: Agency seeks to cancel approval of toxic pesticide
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How to make money by saving monarch butterflies
The EDF’s habitat exchange program will match those with room to grow milkweed with those who need to make habitat amends.
The monarch butterflies have...
Show your love with earth-friendly flowers
By Brittany Wienke, Rainforest Alliance
Where do flowers come from? It’s kind of a funny question to ponder, because many of us don’t know. Of...
Former mailman builds geothermal greenhouse in the midwest; gets local citrus all year for...
Greenhouse in the Snow, built by a former mailman, grows an abundance of local produce high on the Nebraska plains.
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World’s remotest inhabited island is looking to hire a farmer
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Espresso envy: how the coffee borer survives caffeine overdoses
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