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10 Plants that Beat the Heat

Plant these heat-loving, hardy plants that thrive in hot weather. Simply water them once a week to enjoy their blooms all summer long.

The 10 Worst Invasive Plants to Watch Out for in Your Region

Why Your Garden Needs Mulch (Assuming You Do It Right)

Used correctly, mulch builds and improves your soil like nothing else. But don’t make these common mistakes.

Let Them Eat Kale: Corbin Hill Farm

Unlike a traditional CSA design, Dennis Derryck’s Corbin Hill Farm network is designed to fit the needs of low-income consumers in Harlem and South Bronx.

Cutting food waste to support farmers and the famished

Food waste affects more than just our wallets. Approximately one-third of all food produced in the world gets thrown away every year, leading to 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions. At 2.6 trillion pounds, that's enough sustenance to feed three billion people, or almost all people living in

Computer-controlled 'greenhouses' in kitchens grow fresher, healthier produce

A Purdue University-affiliated startup that seeks to redefine "farm-to-table" when it comes to garden vegetables by delivering its first orders of an appliance that fits under a kitchen counter and grows produce year-round.

15 Cheap & Easy DIY Greenhouse Projects

Amazing collection of 15 greenhouse ideas that you can use for building your own greenhouse.

You’ll wish you were raised in these barns

Almost any building, from a church to a school, can be transformed into a house. But converted barns in particular hold the inexplicable allure of Americana. Curious about what life would be like i…

In the face of drought, rural Kenyans seek to protect wetlands

Rural Kenyans are teaming up with charities and the government to help protect the country's wetlands, a natural safeguard against disaster such as floods and droughts.

7 Farm Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

Caitlin shares seven farm lessons she learned the hard way! Can you relate?

Freddy Hill Farms: Swing a Few Clubs, Scoop a Few Flavors

“Everyone can find something to love here” is the slogan of Freddy Hill Farms Family Fun Center in Lansdale, and it is not difficult to see why. This still-working farm on Sumneytown Pike offers visitors two separate miniature golf courses, a newly refurbished driving range, plus hay rides, a corn maze, and a petting zooLocal families flock to Freddy Hill Farms for good clean fun in the fresh air with no video screens, blaring music, or flashing lights. To locals, however, Freddy…

How to make the best of the season in Apple Hill, starting with getting there

El Dorado Transit will operate a shuttle service – called the Apple Farms Shuttle – that will bring visitors from a parking lot in Camino to eleven of Apple Hill’s most frequented orchards and farms.

5 ways dairy farms sequester carbon

Dairy farmers have many tools that allow them to either sequester or mitigate the emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon. Here are five.

Our Neighbors Farm Uses an Agra Tech Greenhouse for Planting and Teaching

An oasis of food and generosity thrives in Safford, Arizona at Our Neighbors Farm, also hosts garden-based classes for school children

The unexpected dangers of farm living

Mychal Wilmes recalls farm living dangers, like sledding down a dangerous hill, a fast-moving creek after heavy rain, a Holstein bull and all the dangers of harvest.

Artificial Intelligence In The Dairy Barn

"Digital agriculture, for the first time, allows us to really precisely manage our cows, 24 hours a day, give them better welfare and make them more productive," says Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus.

The Future of Architecture: Urban Farming Is Growing

Below is an assemblage of new and innovative ways architects are reconnecting cities with nature through urban farming.