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The U-pick business model, which relies on farm visitors to do the harvesting, has the potential to produce big profits. But its success depends on an array of uncontrollable variables.

Rising temperatures, lack of water and encroaching development are creating tough conditions for the crucial California crop. Their continued viability could all depend on strengthening the lands on which they sit.

The history of stovemaking in the nineteenth century, as businesses turned from small to mass manufacturing, is the story of the making and selling of the first universal consumer durable.

Seaweed farming is being hyped as a major weapon in the fight against climate change. But skeptics say the rush to build industrial-scale operations risks unintended consequences. By Bridget Huber, June 1, 2023

Washington State University used CRISPR technology to produce pigs that were sold in sausage form. Is this a one-off, or a sign of things to come?

The process of examining recipes and cooking instills concepts more deeply than traditional modes of assessment; learning about Jewish women just by reading texts would be particularly ahistorical.

A new bill aims to help the state’s independent farmers by first labeling who they are.

Many processed foods now common in civilian life were first created by and for the military-industrial complex. Thank Uncle Sam for Cheetos, air fryers, and other modern mainstays.

These once-daily supplements claim to boost energy, nourish your gut, support your immune system and more. But health experts aren’t convinced.

Particularly before the Second Vatican Council (a.k.a. Vatican II), fasting was part of the Catholic calendar. No one took it more seriously than the Irish.