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Dirt First
Nurturing the busy life of soil is both a key to sustainable food production and a tool to turn back climate change. Continue reading
Food & Agriculture
SLIDE SHOW
Slide Show: Inside Phoenix’s Water System
The city of Phoenix, situated in one of the driest parts of the United States, is kept free from thirst via an intricate infrastructure of rivers, canals, turbines, pumps, and switchboards. Continue reading
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The Chicken Project
I’m swearing and sweating, trying to set up the kennel in my bathtub, emphatically repeating to the dog that the live chicken on top of the toilet is “Not yours.” Continue reading
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Buying the Farm
Ross Wilken, twenty-three, and his father, Harold Wilken, don’t look much like starry-eyed radicals as they inspect their fields of black beans just west of Danforth, Illinois. Continue reading
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The New Farmers
Spring is the time of year when Deena Miller, owner and operator of Sweet Roots Farm in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, thinks of quitting. Continue reading