Articles: farmer

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Buying Meat for the Holidays? Questions to Ask Your Butcher or Farmer

Getting ready to start planning for festive dinners? Before buying meat for the holidays, it’s important to research a few…

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10 Books to Gift the Homesteader in Your Life

These days, there are a record number of people growing their own food and other crops at home. Whether the…

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What Does a Sustainable Future Look Like?

In a time of looming uncertainties, what would a truly resilient society look like? Farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje…

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Why Isn’t Farming Enough?

Years ago family farms were an abundance. Generations of farmers passed the land down in hopes of it continuing to…

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New Age Farm Partnerships: Finding and Keeping One

Anything involving farming almost always requires the help of another person, whether you’re feeding the animals or trying to decide…

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Farmers Aren’t Created Equal: The “American Farmer” Fallacy

For those who aren’t in the know, it may seem like all farmers are created equal, but that’s simply not…

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