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- Plastic is taking over farms https://modernfarmer.com/2024/02/plastic-farms-stop-plasticulture/ 129 comments
- The fertilizer shortage will persist in 2023 https://modernfarmer.com/2022/12/the-fertilizer-shortage-will-persist-in-2023/ 259 comments
- FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef https://modernfarmer.com/2022/03/fda-crispr-cows-for-beef/ 326 comments
- The Return of the Milkman https://modernfarmer.com/2020/06/the-return-of-the-milkman/ 45 comments
- Rise of the High-Profit Micro Farm (2016) http://modernfarmer.com/2016/10/jm-fortier/ 42 comments
- The Hidden Dangers of Lead in Urban Gardens http://modernfarmer.com/2014/07/lead-urban-gardens/ 46 comments
- Finally, Farm Tools For Her http://modernfarmer.com/2014/07/finally-farm-tools/ 4 comments
- A New Chip Tells Farmers When to Water http://modernfarmer.com/2014/06/inside-job-new-chip-tells-farmers-water/ 20 comments
- The Abstinence Method – Dutch farmers say no to antibiotics for livestock http://modernfarmer.com/2014/06/abstinence-method/ 99 comments
- The Drone That’s Saving Ottawa From Poop http://modernfarmer.com/2014/05/introducing-goosebuster-protecting-ottawas-beaches-poisonous-poo/ 25 comments
- We don't eat swans http://modernfarmer.com/2014/05/come/ 134 comments
- Something's wrong with the measurements on this webpage (or they're discrete units) https://modernfarmer.com/2016/09/build-solar-dehydrator/ 3 comments web_design
- How One Oregon Farmer Implemented Permaculture Techniques to Conserve Water https://modernfarmer.com/2022/06/tabula-rasa-farms-oregon/ 11 comments environment
- Mealworms can safely consume polystyrene (Styrofoam) safely returning it to organic matter https://modernfarmer.com/2020/01/mealworms-can-eat-toxic-styrofoam-safely/ 923 comments upliftingnews
- Agriculture waste. Do we have a solution? Actual solution and technology? Residents don’t deserve this. Sounds like NC agrees with Smithfields who pays millions of lawsuits to silence them? A lawsuit does not repair this gross negligence of the EPA. https://modernfarmer.com/2022/02/hog-waste-lagoons-epa-investigation-nc/ 6 comments environment
- A group of scientists is working tirelessly to restore the American chestnut to forests, which is "going to take us between 150 to 200 years" to make an ecological impact. https://modernfarmer.com/2021/12/the-great-american-chestnut-tree-revival/ 97 comments upliftingnews
- Lawmakers Drink Raw Milk To Celebrate Its Legality, Become Immediately Sick https://modernfarmer.com/2016/03/west-virginia-lawmakers-raw-milk-sick/ 659 comments nottheonion
- Doctors in India Warn Cow Dung Will Not Prevent COVID-19 https://modernfarmer.com/2021/05/doctors-in-india-warn-cow-dung-will-not-prevent-covid-19/ 4 comments nottheonion
- Man Finds Needle In Haystack https://modernfarmer.com/2014/11/man-finds-needle-haystack/ 124 comments nottheonion
- Monsanto Attempts Defense That Would Negate All Glyphosate-Causes-Cancer Lawsuits https://modernfarmer.com/2019/12/monsanto-attempts-defense-that-would-negate-all-glyphosate-causes-cancer-lawsuits/ 3 comments law
- China Stops Buying US Agricultural Products Entirely https://modernfarmer.com/2019/08/china-stops-buying-us-agricultural-products-entirely/ 98 comments business
- The USDA’s Scientific Department Has Unionized. Will the USDA Care? https://modernfarmer.com/2019/07/the-usdas-scientific-department-has-unionized-will-the-usda-care/ 17 comments economy
- FDA Grants “Breakthrough Therapy” Status to Psychoactive Psilocybin Mushrooms, Says Startup: Formerly banned substances—many of them plant-based—have in the past decade become subjects of dedicated medical study. http://modernfarmer.com/2018/11/fda-grants-breakthrough-therapy-status-to-psychoactive-psilocybin-mushrooms-says-startup/ 277 comments worldnews
- Cows Injected With "Happy" Chemicals Produce Better Milk http://modernfarmer.com/2016/07/cows-seratonin/?platform=hootsuite 17 comments science
- Farmers Demand Right to Fix Their Own Dang Tractors http://modernfarmer.com/2016/07/right-to-repair/ 19 comments opensource
- Danish Music Festival To Turn Urine Into Beer http://modernfarmer.com/2015/07/danish-music-festival-to-turn-urine-into-beer/ 3 comments nottheonion
- Group of 200 scientists publish criticism of PFAS's used in non-stick cooking pans http://modernfarmer.com/2015/05/massive-group-of-scientists-thinks-you-shouldnt-use-non-stick/ 9 comments science
- Beef Hormone Persists in Environment Longer than Expected, Study Says http://modernfarmer.com/2015/05/beef-hormone-persists-in-environment-longer-than-expected-study-says/ 3 comments science
- Alpacas: Loveable Lawnmowers No More - The Alpaca Industry Matures, With Growing Pains http://modernfarmer.com/2014/11/alpaca-industry-matures-growing-pains/ 3 comments business
- Plants can tell when they’re being eaten: Arabidopsis plants sense the vibrations of caterpillars as they eat their leaves, and in response secrete mustard oils to deter the predator. http://modernfarmer.com/2014/10/plants-can-tell-theyre-eaten/ 4 comments science
- Italian Man Wins Cow Milking World Championship, Amid Scandal http://modernfarmer.com/2014/10/italian-man-wins-cow-milking-world-championship-amid-scandal/ 40 comments worldnews
- Scientists Try to Build a Tomato That Grows 24 Hours a Day http://modernfarmer.com/2014/08/scientists-try-build-tomato-grows-24-hours-day/ 9 comments science
- Ottawa Canada drones being used to rid beaches of geese and their poop. http://modernfarmer.com/2014/05/introducing-goosebuster-protecting-ottawas-beaches-poisonous-poo/ 6 comments worldnews
- Global Eco-Tech Project Aims to Combat Honeybee Decline w/ Sensor Enhanced Beehives & Citizen Science http://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/hive-crowd-source-fight-bees/ 11 comments technology
- Thomas Jefferson’s Farming Failures http://modernfarmer.com/2013/10/thomas-jeffersons-farming-failures/ 5 comments history
- NASA will be producing its own food in orbit for the first time ever -- The Vegetable Production System (VEGGIE) program will produce lettuce ready to harvest after just 28 days in the International Space Station http://modernfarmer.com/2013/09/starship-salad-bar/ 321 comments science
- NASA will begin producing its own food in orbit for the first time ever -- The lettuce will be grown under bright-pink LED lights, ready to harvest after just 28 days. http://modernfarmer.com/2013/09/starship-salad-bar/ 136 comments worldnews
- Space Farming: The Final Frontier http://modernfarmer.com/2013/09/starship-salad-bar/ 8 comments technology
- If you are a gardener or farmer -- how do you use Arduino? http://modernfarmer.com/2013/05/farm-geeks-learning-to-love-the-circuit-board/ 47 comments arduino
- Image Hover CSS Question http://modernfarmer.com/ 13 comments css