Stories Tagged as
Farming
Why more than half of farmers have a second job
Mar 4, 2015
Soaring land prices are only part of the reason farmers look for additional work.
Seaweed: ‘Adventurous' and a $6.4 billion industry
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 21, 2015
It's not just a sushi roll wrapper anymore. It's everywhere.
John Deere doesn't expect it to be a happy new year
by
Nova Safo
Nov 26, 2014
Crop prices have fallen, so Deere & Co. predicts farmers will buy less equipment.
Apple growers try to move beyond boom and bust
Oct 17, 2014
Growers are using computers and DNA sequencing to create sweeter, crisper apples.
Citrus greening is hurting orange growers in Florida
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 17, 2014
The disease has no cure, and production is down in some Florida groves.
The boom-and-bust story of a crop called guar
by
Nova Safo
Oct 9, 2014
A plant took on an outsize importance in the fracking world and created huge price swings.
For public good, not for profit.
A hard look at corn economics — and world hunger
Oct 6, 2014
Corn is not what you think. For starters: Most of the time, it's not human food.
The economics of slow money
Sep 19, 2014
A look behind the 'slow money' movement and BeetCoin with Christopher Wayne from Greenmarket Farmer's Market, and Vermont Public Radio's Angela Evancie.
How to grow lettuce and fish indoors, all year long
by
Chris Julin
Sep 10, 2014
Outside Duluth, Minnesota, a greenhouse grows tilapia and lettuce side by side.