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Retro Farming: Blade Shearing

One sad fact about the state of modern farming: there are plenty of people with sheep out there; there are fewer and fewer who know how to shear them. Fewer still work like Emily Chamelin does – with blades.

by Andrew Jenner
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The Illustrated Journals of A Dairy Farmer in 1941

In the early 1940s William George Pope, and his wife Mildred "Moodie” Pope, left Utica, NY and bought a farm. They named it High Acres, and started raising Ayeshire Cattle. Pope ...

by Lucas Adams
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Breaking Hearts (of Palm)

Occasionally referred to as “swamp cabbage,” “burglar’s thigh” or the “lobster of vegetables,” hearts of palm are rich in nutrients including protein, iron and fiber. The most desired ones are also illegal.

by Ashley Harrell
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Meet the Queen of Butter

Since 1972, the Midwest Dairy Association has brought Linda Christensen to the Minnesota State Fair to carve butter busts of the 12 contenders for Princess Kay of the Milky Way, an...

by Andy Wright
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A Lifeline for Gay Farmers

When soft-spoken rural chaplain Keith Ineson started a gay farmer’s helpline in the Cheshire countryside, he expected the worst.

by Jesse Hirsch
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The Rise of the Virtual Farm

Just a few years ago, the idea that people would spend their free time running virtual farms would have seemed ludicrous. Then FarmVille happened.

by Reyhan Harmanci
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From Malawi to McDonald’s

Malawi’s mango crop was mainly going uneaten. Until two Brits tapped into the Western thirst for smoothies.

by Sarah Rich
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21 Pictures of Hands Gently Cupping Dirt

Stock photography shows us how much plants enjoy being softly cradled.

by Jake Swearingen
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Essay: In Defense of Rural

Growing up on that farm inculcated in me a need for space, isolation, and silence, and gave me room to grow strange and introspective.

by Tim Kreider
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