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Why snow has brought despair to Kashmir's farmers

The apple farming industry which employs nearly half the state's population has been badly affected.

How Anglo farmers brought an end to Latino ranching in the Rio Grande Valley

How the Rio Grande Valley transformed from a majority Tejano cattle-ranching community to an Anglo-controlled industrialized farming society in the early 1900s.

How a Saudi dairy farmer brought camel milk to the US

JEDDAH: Walid Abdul-Wahab is no ordinary dairy farmer. He is the Saudi entrepreneurial pioneer credited with bringing camel milk to California and the wider US through his Desert Farms company. As the company’s CEO and founder, Abdul-Wahab has discovered a niche in the market for the growing demand for a raw unpasteurized alternative to cow’s milk — and found it in none other than Saudi Arabia’s national animal.

America’s Next Top Farmers

All across the country, young people who were not raised in agricultural environments are getting involved in sustainable food production. Aliza Eliaza ...

How the Occult Brought Cremation to America

Cremation has become so popular in America that if current trends continue it will be the funerary choice of half of Americans within four years. Tim...

10 of America's Best Farmers Markets

The 10 must-see farmers markets around the U.S.—they're providing seasonal produce and doing exciting things in their communities, too.

Why I'm proud to be an American farmer

It all started with fog, my watch and a chicken on the brink of starvation nearly 50 years ago. This is when I realized that it was my duty to be an American farmer to grow food for our country and the rest of the world.

How Technology Is Helping America's Farmers

What happened to America’s black farmers?

In 1920, black farmers represented 14 percent of U.S. farmers; today, they make up less than 2 percent.

How Asian-American Farmers Shape What America Eats

Asian-Americans’ contributions to locally grown, sustainable produce have long been ignored, but these young farmers are trying to change that

How a Native American Brought the Great Awakening to the Indians

by Tamera Lynn Kraft Samson Occom was born in a wigwam in 1723, part of the the Mohegan tribe near New London, Connecticut. His parent...

How The Americans’ showrunners brought their fourth season home

Adding a tragic coda to a subplot involving biological weapons and setting up a potential getaway for Soviet sleeper agents Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip (Matthew Rhys) Jennings, FX’s Cold War thriller The Americans wrapped its fourth season tonight. After screening “Persona Non Grata,” The A.V. Club spoke with Americans showrunners Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg about choosing this episode for a previously unseen character’s onscreen…

How IMEX America Brought Mindfulness to the Show Floor

A conference with several thousand people sounds like an unlikely place to zen out. Yet the organizers of IMEX America and one major hotel company, understanding the immense benefits of meditation, helped conference goers do exactly that at this year’s event, held Sept. 10-12 in Las Vegas.

Why consumers need American farmers, ranchers and dairymen

Why consumers need American farmers, ranchers and dairymen

How one man brought Samuel Beckett to America

Half Irish, half Jewish, all rebel, Barney Rosset fought censorship all his life.

Why and how is Dairy Farmers of America is working with startups?

Kansas City’s largest private employer — Dairy Farmers of America — will work alongside a herd of startups with the revamped Sprint Accelerator in 2017.

The Top 25 Farmers' Markets Across America

Ranging from tiny seasonal popups to year-round attractions, more than 8,700 farmers’ markets are registered with the USDA’s National Farmers’ Market Directory. With so many farmers’ markets these days, it can be hard to know how to choose where to shop and why it makes a difference. A farmers’ market is a constantly shifting kaleidoscope [...]

How a Founding Father and a British Agriculturist Helped America’s Farmers

George Washington believed his young nation was only as strong as its farmers, so less than three years after the end of hostilities with England in 1783, he turned to that country’s best and brightest for help in improving his own, and America’s, agricultural practices.