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I took a 50% pay cut to leave my sales job and work on a potato farm. I have no regrets.

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 20:17

Tyler Heppell poses in front of his farm — Tyler Heppell left his sales job to work on his family farm.
Tyler Heppell

Careers, Small Business, Farming, Farmers, Canada, pay-cut, career-switch

This farm just outside Oslo serves as a day care for people with dementia. It helps give them something to care for, too.

Sat, 07/27/2024 - 06:48

Composite image of Impulssenter, a farm just outside Oslo for people with dementia, on the left, and two caretakers smiling at the camera while packing up eggs on the right. — Impulssenter is a "care farm" for people with dementia just outside Oslo.
Courtesy Julia Hotz

health, health, health-freelancer, Dementia, alzheimers, Caregiving, Farming

The Workers Who Feed America Are Going Hungry

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 07:30

Male,farm,worker,holding,palett,of,strawberries,while,standing,in

Climate Change, earther, Climate Change, Farming, Food

John Deere dealership says a solar storm left GPS tracking on farmers' tractors 'extremely compromised'

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 17:08

John Deere tractors — Farmers increasingly use automated tractors to maximize productivity.
picture alliance/Getty

Retail, Farming, agriculture-technology, solar-storm

A vegan restaurant is switching to serving meat, saying plant-based eating isn't enough to save the planet

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:40

A vegan sign on a restaurant window. — A vegan sign on a restaurant window.
DigitalVision/Getty Images

Food, Sustainability, Vegan, Farming, plant-based-foods, climate-crisis, news-uk

Scientists are growing crops with salt water that could help save us from starvation

Sat, 03/30/2024 - 07:39

Tech Insider : Technology, Business

SaliCrop team poses in branded shirts in front of a farm field — The SaliCrop team from left to right: Oron Bet Or, Carmit Oron, Ṛcā Godbole, Sharon Devir, Shimon Rachmilevitch.
Guy Shery

Science, Agriculture, climate-change, Technology, Business, Science, Farming

It's not just you. Eggshells really are chipping more.

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 14:55

Tech Insider : Economy

egg cracked open ona blud countertop — Are eggshells seeming more crack-y lately?
Javier Zayas Photography

economy, culture, Food, Eggs, egg-prices, avian-flu, cooking

This indoor farming company is trying to win workers over to agriculture — through desk-job benefits

Sat, 02/17/2024 - 05:17

An Eden Green greenhouse has stacks of lettuce — Eden Green grows staples like lettuce and cooking greens in large greenhouses in Cleburne, Texas.
Courtesy Eden Green

Careers, Careers, Agriculture, hydroponics, Texas, Farming

Angry European farmers are blocking freeways with tractors and spraying manure on buildings over green push

Fri, 02/09/2024 - 05:15

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Parked tractors block a highway during a farmers' protest near Mollerussa, northeast Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. — Tractors block a highway during a farmers' protest in northeastern Spain this week.
Emilio Morenatti/AP

economy, economy, Farming, Agriculture, Europe, EU, Sustainability

They're getting ready for the downfall of America. Just don't call them preppers.

Thu, 01/18/2024 - 05:45

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics

A group of people watching a building being constructed — Residents of Riverbed Ranch are building their own small town from scratch. The goal? Survive if America collapses.
Hokyoung Kim for BI

economy, politics, Discourse, Science, News, Military & Defense, Preppers

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