Homeless Shelter's 80-Bed Rooftop Garden Cultivates Fresh Food and Job Skills
Shelter residents are harvesting organic produce to nourish themselves while growing their skills for a return to the workforce.
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Monster Pumpkin Weighing 2,350 Pounds is Crowned Largest Grown in North America
Minnesota grower Travis Gienger captured first prize at the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off with a whopping beauty weighing 2,350-lbs.
Concerned Farmer Uses Drone to Check on Sick Calf
In Ontario compassionate Farmer Dave is doing all he can to save a sick calf—including using a drone to check on him.
New Smart Farming Robot Unveiled That 'Smokes' Weeds With High-Powered Lasers For Healthy Weeding
Organic, regenerative, labor-saving and cost-effective, the new Autonomous Weeder AI farming robot kills pesky weeds with lasers.
Step Inside the Magical World of An Ancient Tradition: Growing Rhubarb by Candlelight
See these magical photos of Yorkshire forced rhubarb being picked by candlelight in winter.
The Nation's Largest Farmers Market: FarmMatch Allows You to Shop Online at Local Farms in Your Area
As simple a website as you could imagine, Farm Match connects you with the meat and produce available from farms in and around your zip code.
Good Samaritan Saves Farmer's Pig, Calls 911 After Joining Livestream and Seeing Barn On Fire
Having joined an internet livestream of a New York pig farm, Laura Palladino saved two pigs after one of them knocked a heat lamp over.
More and More Farmers Are Using Garlicky Supplements to Curb Major Environmental Enemy: Cow Gas
The Switzerland-based startup Mootral has produced a garlic-based supplement that can reduce methane emissions from cows by 30% when added to their feed.
The First Farmer in the US to Sequester Carbon for Cash in Private Marketplace Earns $115,000 For His Planting Strategy
Changes in U.S. agricultural policy under Biden could allow farms to increase incomes through the sale of carbon credits.
Dutch Design Artist Creates Lightshow in a Leek Field to Celebrate Farms and Enhance Plant Growth
Known as GROW, the avant Studio Roosegaarde and its Director Daan have created a light show in a field of leeks to celebrate agriculture.
Unemployed Single Women Are Saving Fish and Making Money by Farming Sea Sponges
Women from the Jambiani region of Zanzibar are simultaneously supporting their families and local ecosystems by taking up a new trade: sea sponge farming.
Family Farm in Maine Couldn't Make it After Restaurants Close - Until the Neighbors Showed Up
In 1996, organic farmers Ralph and Lisa Turner launched Laughing Stock Farm on one-fifth of an acre in Freeport, Maine. With trial and error eventually came success, a steady customer base, and 12-and-a-half more acres. "Our quality produce coupled with your commitment to purchasing fresh local vegetables has built our business into a sustainable family-owned […]
French Farmers Growing Zero-Emission Tropical Produce in France - Producing Heat Without the Smoke
Removing the need for importation and those CO2 emissions, a French grower, Les Arts Verts, grows tropical fruit like mangos in greenhouses.
UK's Largest Vertical Farm that Uses Only Sunlight Begins First Harvest
Switching back to traditional greenhouses, Shockingly Fresh's naturally-lit hydroponic farm in Offenham uses much less CO2 than others.
Watch Sheep Fill the Streets of Madrid On Annual Migration of Shepherds
In the Spanish capital, ever November has the streets clogged with sheep as they pass along herding routes to the warm south.
Towering Over the City, This 'Farmscraper' Will Produce 270 tons of Food from Hydroponics on 51-Stories
A new 51-story 'farmscraper' in China, designed by an Italian architecture firm Carlo Ratti, will have food growing for Schenzen city.
World's First Totally-Green Tractor Set to Plow Down European Farming Emissions
AUGA Group have produced a biomethane-electric tractor that is net-zero emissions, and set to transform the Euro ag industry.
Rugby Player Rescues Sheep From Barbed Wire in Viral Video (WATCH)
Popular former Aussie rugby player Nick 'Honey Badger' Cummins just saved a sheep stuck in a barbed wire fence. Watch the viral video.
In World First, Top Beef Supplier Approves Methane-Busting Feed Additive That Reduces Gas by 55%
Bovaer was approved as a feed additive for dairy and beef cows, as well as sheep, to reduce methane gases in Brazil and Chile.
This New Mixed-Income Housing Complex Comes with its Own Farm Near San Francisco
A San Francisco mixed income apartment complex comes with its own 1.5 acre farm, which produces 20,000 pounds of food per year.
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