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Meet the Aussie Farmer Who’s on a Mission to Bring Maggots to Your Dinner Table
More than just fishing bait, maggots have serious agricultural potential. Just ask Australian maggot farmer Olympia Yarger, founder of the Canberra-based composting start-up Goterra, which uses black...
View ArticleThese Are the Eight Most Expensive Venoms in the World
Milking a cobra may sound insane, but commercial venom extraction can be rewarding for its potential medicinal uses. The poison is used as an antidote if someone is bitten, and its purported...
View ArticleTurf Busters
Imagine traveling at 50 miles per hour over rough terrain in a vehicle with no suspension — that’s the deal with lawn mower racing. This bone-jarring, populist sport typically unfolds on a twisting,...
View ArticleSeven High-Tech Scarecrows
Modern scarecrows are a drastic departure from the straw buddy from The Wizard of Oz. An upscale array of intimidating devices deters more than just, well, crows. Cats, raccoons and other tricky...
View ArticleFive Farm-Themed Dating Websites for Humans and Other Animals
A new breed of Tinder-style apps aims to relieve rural loneliness. While the main market is farmers, cattle seeking love have an app to tap. Here are five digital dating options. Farmers Dating Farmers...
View ArticleLivestock Superpowers: Farm Animals’ Most Spectacular Traits
Farm animals have some astonishing talents bordering on superpowers. Take pigs. Despite their reputation for carrying a few extra pounds, porkers are athletes. They can run at 11 miles per hour—faster...
View ArticleAustralian Startup Turns Feral Deer Into Salami to Help Farmers
A far cry from Bambi, feral deer are invasive in Australia. In the country’s vast space for deer to breed, they run rife, over-graze, stomp vegetation and cause erosion while razing native species’...
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