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Some Farmers in Canada Set the World Record for Simultaneous Threshing

With antique machines, no less.
Erik Shilling August 4, 2016
science

We're Getting Closer to Knowing Why Bees Are Dying Off Worldwide

One widely-used pesticide was found to reduce bee sperm counts.
Erik Shilling July 27, 2016
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Why Farming Was Probably Invented Many Times by Independent Humans

We evolve.
Eric Grundhauser July 15, 2016
Red kites at Gigrin Farm
Rhayader, Wales

Gigrin Farm Red Kite Feeding Station

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Permanently Closed
Williamstown, Vermont

Knight's Spider Web Farm

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.
insects

The Israeli Company Sending 500 Million Bees and Mites to Russia

The insects will target pests, among other things.
Lauren Young June 20, 2016
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The Farmer Who Sold Millions in Fake Organic Seeds Is Now Headed to Prison

Organic seeds are lucrative.
Erik Shilling June 10, 2016
An Ice Stupa prototype, decorated for a visit from a local monk.
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India's Desert Farmers Are Saving Themselves With Artificial Glaciers

Villagers in Ladakh have been building them since the late 1980s.
Cara Giaimo June 8, 2016
Out front of the Tobacco Museum
Delhi, Ontario

Delhi Tobacco Museum and Heritage Centre

It may be a "Smoke Free Ontario" today, but at this museum you can still get a whiff of yesterday’s Golden Age of tobacco farming.
Down the Canal Ahogada.
El Salto, Mexico

The Deadly Rio Lerma

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.
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Found: A Baby Alpaca Trapped in a Hole

A dirt bath went very wrong.
Sarah Laskow May 18, 2016
Inside John Davis' home.
Cherokee, North Carolina

Mountain Farm Museum

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.
Ross Creek at night
Canning, Nova Scotia

Ross Creek Centre for the Arts

A converted cattle farm is now a hub of art and theater surrounded by nature.
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Why a Saudi Company is Buying Thousands of Acres of Parched Farmland in California

Saudis are fleeing their drought for America's drought to feed 170,000 cows.
Erik Shilling March 29, 2016
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Oklahoma's Greatest Ponzi Scheme Bred Hoards of Unwanted Worms

Never trust a man who says he'll triple your investment in composting worms.
Sarah Laskow March 15, 2016
Amarillo, Texas

Combine City

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.
Permanently Closed
Lawyer's Farm
Thurmont, Maryland

Lawyer's Farm

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
Camarillo, California

Scary Dairy

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.