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Grow Your Own Mealworms With This Countertop Hive

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The Livin Farms Insect Hive offers a sustainable protein alternative.

Looking to Keep Your Chickens Warm This Winter? Try Knitted Sweaters

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The clothes are specifically knitted for the battery hens that have been rescued.

Ferrari Designer Has Just Made A Tractor

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The design house behind Ferrari models unveiled its tractor at the Agritechnica trade show in Germany.

Now Your Dog Can Enjoy Farm-To-Table Food, Too

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The Nutro Company/Facebook If you go in the pet food aisle of any store, you’re likely to see a large variety of products—probably more than you would have thought. There are plain, regular dry foods that don’t make too big a dent in your wallet. There are canned wet foods, some of which look fancier […]

Goats Leave Colorado Springs Before Their Job is Done

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The goats’ herder says the goats were taken out of the town prematurely because locals are refusing to keep their dogs on leashes.

Grove Ecosystem Lets You Grow A Salad In Your Home

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Instagram Living in a city does not provide much space for gardens. It’s great if you have a house with a large backyard, but that’s not the case for many city dwellers. If you’re confined to apartment living or have a townhouse, condo or house with not enough backyard space for a garden, you’re limited […]

How To Tell If An Egg Came From A Healthy Chicken

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How do you know if you have a good-quality egg? It’s all in the color and texture of the yolk.

Pollinator News Roundup

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So you haven’t been keeping up on the latest bee and pollinator research? Not to worry—that’s what we’re here for.

10 Best Tweets Since NPR Rescued A Chicken

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Twitter NPR rescued a chicken yesterday, and it’s gotten lots of media attention. Seriously. Staffers at the Washington, D.C., location found a hen trying to cross the road (again, we’re not making this up) by the NPR headquarters. NPR posted a story about it, which included an interview with chicken expert and Arizona State University […]

Living In The City Stresses Bees Out, Study Suggests

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Andrey Pavlov/Hemera/Thinkstock A certain amount of stress goes along with living in a city. It could be the smog that gets to you. It could be the large number of people, the cost, the traffic or a number of other factors. While we know that humans face these stressors daily, what we may not have […]

Identity Crisis! Goliath the Cow Thinks He’s a Dog

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If it moos it’s probably not a dog. Just don’t tell that to Goliath.

This Little Piggie Goes Crazy For Leaves

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Tammy Scheers/YouTube In all the stories we’ve read or seen on television as children, pigs’ houses get blown down by big bad wolves, they go to market, they stay home and they’re friends with Bugs Bunny. In real life, not so much. But it’s the real-life antics of pigs that are so much more entertaining. […]

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