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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· April 15, 2013
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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· April 15, 2013
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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· April 15, 2013
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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· April 14, 2013
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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· April 12, 2013
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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· April 12, 2013
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Building a Better Bug Trap

If you build a better bug trap, farmers will beat a path to your door.

by Ariel Schwartz· April 11, 2013
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Scenes From a Pot Farmers’ Market

Northern California’s first pot farmers’ market is like most other farmers’ markets, except you buy weed instead of kale and there’s the possibility you’ll go to prison ”“ which gives visits to the Organicann Harvest Market in Sonoma County a bit of an edge.

by David Downs· April 11, 2013
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This Tractor Drives Itself

If everything works out, self-driving tractors will be rolling off the assembly line by September.

by Jesse Hirsch· April 11, 2013
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