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Some people just don't know when to quit -- and for that, HPPR is thankful.With more than 100 head of grass-fed cattle on his family farm in Buffalo,…
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Tiny, biointensive farms around the world have been showing small ag operations how they can grow far more food with newer methods than with conventional…
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A new study shows that organic agriculture boosts local economies, reports The Rural Blog. The study looked at counties with high levels of organic…
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While organic crop production continues to grow in the US, organic crop acreage is still a tiny percentage of overall crops, reports The Rural Blog. The…
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From Harvest Public Media's Field Notes blog:Have you noticed your grocery store’s organic section starting to spill over? It’s not your imagination. The…
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One of the biggest hurdles farmers have faced in recent years is the sticky problem of how to kill weeds organically. As conventional farmers fall under…
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Consumers are increasingly willing to pay more for foods they believe were sustainably produced, like free-range chicken, fair-trade coffee and…
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Organic food is a hot market in the U.S. The Organic Trade Association says that sales over the last five years have grown 35 percent. But there’s a…
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Heritage grains are trendy. Walk through a health food store and see packages of grains grown long before modern seed technology created hybrid varieties,…
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A Midwestern farmer with a well-known last name has set out to fight hunger on a global scale. Howard G. Buffett is the son of Warren Buffett, one of the…