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America's largest urban farm to be planted in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, once a site of heavy industry, could soon be home to the biggest urban farm in the United States. The 23-acre Hilltop Urban Farm will be …
AgricultureClimate Change Is Making Farming Irresistible in Alaska
Along with other factors, the warming weather is bolstering agriculture in the state as farms across America shut down.<p>“All right,” announces Jenni Medley, wiping her hands on her faded black Carhartts and consulting a clipboard. “The birds are bagged. Total number is 70.”<p>It’s 3 in the afternoon, …
Climate ChangeAntarctica is getting a farm that can grow produce even when it's -100 degrees Fahrenheit outside — take a look
Antarctica's nonstop winters make it impossible to grow food outdoors. Fruits and vegetables are instead shipped long distances from overseas, just a few times per year.<p>But engineers at the German Aerospace Center (GAC) will soon build a high-tech farm that will allow Antarcticans to harvest …
ScienceAnimal rights group steals chickens from farm to 'free' them
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — When four people asked to hold some chickens at a Colorado farm this week, an 8-year-old girl readily agreed to assist.<p>She's proud of the birds she helps raise, and she loves to teach people about them. Sunday's event at the farm was no different, her mother said.<p>The little …
News (U.S.)Venezuelans are farming videogame gold, and some gamers aren't happy
In case you haven’t been keeping an eye on the news, Venezuela is in a rather bad way. Some people from the country are turning to unconventional money-making methods to get by in an extremely unstable economy. One of those methods is gold farming in games like Runescape. Unfortunately, some in the …
AgricultureDenver animal rights group says it “rescued” chickens from Berthoud family farm
After a Denver-based animal rights activist group claimed in a weekend video that it “rescued” three chickens from a Berthoud farm Sunday, the farm’s …
DenverFather-of-three and former ploughing champion killed in tragic farming accident was 'the best of the best'
The couple also had two young daughters.<p>"Everything had been going so well for Martin and the family. He had a great business going with meal and …
News (Ireland)First Nations video shows ‘thousands’ of wild fish in B.C. salmon farm | The Province
Video shot at the Sonora Point salmon farm appears to show large numbers of wild fish inside the pens used to grow Atlantic salmon.<p>The Sea Shepherd …
Canadian NewsOpen Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg)
Group Contact:<p>Group Website<br>• Other Press Inquiries<p>Article ResearchA byte to eatStudents grow food using tabletop greenhouses controlled by …
MITLuke Bryan Picks More Farm Hands for Upcoming Farm Tour
Luke Bryan is about to kick off his ninth-annual Farm Tour, and he’s going to have some help. In addition to opening acts Jon Pardi and Adam Craig, …
Country MusicChicken "Rescue" Involved Awful Music, Lying to 8-Year-Old, Farm Owner Says
Long Shadow Farm's website describes it as "a small, family farm in beautiful Berthoud, Colorado. We specialize in pastured poultry and grass fed …
DenverNew Orleans golf course transformed into city’s biggest urban farm with an Eco-Campus
A former golf course in New Orleans’ City Park has been transformed into the city’s biggest urban farm—Grow Dat Youth Farm. The seven-acre …
AgricultureEggXYt is bringing gene-editing to poultry farms to save chicks and resources
When it comes to poultry farming, the dudes aren’t really that useful.<p>The market is split up into broilers and layers, i.e. chickens for people to eat and chickens that lay eggs. Hens are obviously the only egg-layers but they’re also much more fast-growing when it comes to meat. Because of this, …
AgricultureA Former Goat Farmer and a Dairy Farmer Opened an Animal Sanctuary – and It’s Beautiful
Maple Farm Sanctuary, a non-profit farm animal sanctuary located in Massachusetts, is a safe haven for farm animals, but the sanctuary wasn’t always …
AgricultureThe Dallas Farmers Market's new policy is more controversial than it seems
The Dallas Farmers Market has decreed that from now till March 31, farmers will be allowed to sell non-local fruits and vegetables beside their …
AgricultureModern Farmers
Beneath one of NYC's best restaurants, down a hallway you could find only if you knew where to go, rows of heady, hydroponic herbs, sticky with …
AgricultureSmall and large farms in the EU - statistics from the farm structure survey - Statistics Explained
<i>Data from October 2016. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database. Planned article update: September 2018.</i><p>This article …
AgriculturePartnership between school and local farm enters second year
For Danby's Smokey House Center, a farm partnership with the local Currier Memorial School seemed only natural.<p>The center, which aims maintain their …
BusinessMightyVine Tomatoes
<b>CHICAGO (CBS)</b> — Salad and pasta, anyone?<p>MightyVine, a massive local greenhouse, uses state-of-the-art farming practices and claims to produce the …
AgricultureHow the War on Drugs crushed California greenhouses and cannabis legalization is bringing them back
Published: Sep 18, 2017, 8:20 am Updated: Sep 18, 2017, 8:38 am<p>SALINAS — The irony is rich. To weaken one mind-altering leaf crop 4,000 miles away, …
CannabisBRIEF-Shri Aster Silicates seeks shareholders' nod to start organic sustainable agriculture activities
Sept 19 (Reuters) - Shri Aster Silicates Ltd SASL.NS<p>* Seeks shareholders' nod to start organic sustainable agriculture activities in 100 acres in 1st …
Sustainable AgricultureA Monthly Payer That's Hard To Beat; You Gotta' Eat
One of the attractive factors for investing in farmland, from an investment perspective, is the opportunity for consolidation.<p>That thesis is now …
BusinessWelcome to Toledo. Please Mind the Grazing Goats.
The Glass City Goat Gals are just one organization looking to educate and improve lives in a struggling Ohio town.<p>Mentor Street was always more like …
AgricultureHow To Optimize Your Trip To The Farmer's Market
For those of you who would rather get discounted squash than go to a football game on a Saturday, this one's for you.<p>Saturdays in college towns are …
Money1940s-50s Allis Chalmers Model G enjoys relevance again wi
<i>Photos courtesy CleBer LLC, unless otherwise noted.</i><p>Six decades after the manufacture of the last Allis-Chalmers Model G small tractor in Gadsden, …
Classic CarsHollywood director James Cameron invests in Saskatchewan pea-processing plant
Hollywood director James Cameron and his wife Suzy Amis Cameron have announced they are investing in an organic pea-processing plant in …
AgricultureNew horizons for youth and agriculture
“We need to make agriculture cool if we are to interest young people back into the trade,” bellowed Malose, a young farmer from Mokopane to his 30 or …
AgricultureFarm created amid poverty, pavement in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside | The Province
Michael Ableman has achieved something many thought impossible: creating thriving urban farms on pavement and contaminated soil in one of Canada’s …
Canadian NewsDairy farms use equivalent water of 60 million people, experts say
There are around 12,000 dairy herds in New Zealand.<p>Dairy farms in New Zealand water equivalent to the combined populations of London, New York, …
New Zealand News'Fantastic day for our city': P.E.I.'s Cavendish Farms expands with $360M Lethbridge potato facility
$25M in government infrastructure subsidies should lead to about 400 direct jobs<p>Irving-owned Cavendish Farms is opening a new $360-million frozen …
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