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Enough with 'local' and 'organic'. We'll begin to eat well when we farm well - The Guardian Our diet should be shaped by what works for the land, argues the farmer-author As a farmer, I’m supposed to hate vegans and environmental activists, but that’s nonsense. Even when I don’t agree with...

Salmon in tanks, lettuce under glass disrupt the food chain - Wisconsin State Journal Salmon aren’t supposed to be swimming here. The lettuce, spinach and other leafy greens also are out of place. A 3-acre greenhouse, nearly twice the length of a football field, glows purple from its more...

New autonomous farm wants to produce food without human workers - MIT Technology Review Down on a new robot farm, machines tend rows of leafy greens under the watch of software called “The Brain.” Iron Ox isn’t like most robotics companies. Instead of trying to flog you its technology, it...

How indoor farming is making it easier to eat locally grown, pesticide-free food - Well and Good As a farmer, your entire job is at the mercy of the weather. A scorching hot growing season with no rain or, conversely, too much rain could ruin your entire crop yield. And then you’re screwed. Or...

How does the farm-to-market process affect nutrition? When fruit is picked, how it’s stored affects quality, nutrients - Fresh News Looking at the food that we have on the table during meal times says a lot about how we perceive nutrition. With one out of three people in the U.S. being obese –...

Life as a Farmworker in Yuma’s Lettuce Fields - Civil Eats Each winter, the fields of Yuma, Arizona, grow half a billion heads of iceberg lettuce. This is what it's like to work as a lettuce harvester in those fields. The lettuce seemed to glow in the moonlight. Thirty-two men and women...

World's first floating dairy farm could be wave of the future - NBC News You've heard of offshore drilling platforms and offshore wind farms. Now a Dutch company is developing what's being called the world's first offshore dairy farm. Plans call for the high-tech, multilevel facility to open...

Your produce is less healthy than it was 70 years ago. These farmers might change that - Des Moines Register There it sits – in all its green glory – in the produce section of your local grocery store.   Broccoli. One of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet.   But 70 years ago, it...