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New farm security law kicks back against trespassers
None of us – including farmers – should need to keep one eye open at night, wondering if or when our homes...
New markets for traditional crops await farmers
New crops that hit the market with an unexpected – and perhaps unproven—health virtue may capture the imagination of consumers. But for good...
Survey: Canadians less connected than ever to farmers
The new federal minister of agriculture and food is being handed perhaps the most paradoxical portfolio in the country.
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Other species’ adapations can be a boon to humankind
Q. The western painted turtle, the red-eared slider and the wood frog possess superior powers that researchers are trying to copy for the...
Hedy Lamar lit up the silver screen … and radio frequencies
Q. In the U.S., the lifetime risk of dying in a car accident is 1 in 522, substantially lower than, for example,...
Wooly mammoths a source of ivory that we didn’t make extinct
Q. From dolphins to redwoods, species learn from and rely on their parents. Explain, please. A. “All around the world,...
