Sarah Alexander of Portland has fought genetic engineering of wild rice in Minnesota and worked on organic standards and food labeling in Washington, D.C.
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In Maine, industrial hemp is the crop to watch
How a legal shift in the state took a farm crop from zero to 60 in two years.
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Ever heard of veganic farming? Neither had we
But it may be the next big thing in farming.
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The strawberries are coming! The strawberries are coming!
Cape Elizabeth makes a weekend of it from June 29-30.
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Amy Sinclair signed on to manage an ailing farmers market in Yarmouth
In her fourth season, the picture is much prettier.
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Lower greenhouse gas emissions with 4 changes in how you consume food
It’s a simple matter of watching your budget, your “food miles” and – most important – your consumption of meat and dairy.
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Hog industry on defensive in North Carolina trial
It is only the second of many lawsuits over Smithfield farms’ impact on neighbors’ quality of life to reach jurors.
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Field-grown perennials: Don’t be spooked by the esoteric label
When you buy a plant, it’s worth finding out where, and how, it was grown.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
North Carolina Senate acts to limit law that allowed pork farm verdict
Lawmakers take action after neighbors won a $51 million jury verdict from Smithfield Foods.
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Kelsey Kobik has a special eye for photographing farm workers
The Cape May, New Jersey, native weeded, picked and sowed her way into this world as a seasonal farm worker.