Photo: Peter DejongIf we were to prevent a Malthusian catastrophe, we'd better figure out a way to boost crop yield to keep feeding the planet's growing population. Gertjan Meeuws and other bioengineers of PlantLab have...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/11/sunless-farming-of-the-future/
The amoeba species Dictyostelium discoideum slime... ...se.The behaviour falls short of the kind of " farming " that more advanced animals do; ants, for ex...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/20/slime-mold-packs-own-bacteria-lunch-to-colonize-new-areas/
How did the sport of competitive giant pumpkin-growing get so big? I mean, it's really big! 1. Chris Stevens of New Richmond, Wisconsin grew a pumpkin in 2010 that weighed in at 1,810.5 pounds -considerably bigger than t...
http://www.neatorama.com/halloween/2010/10/14/neatolicious-fun-facts-giant-pumpkin-contests/
Social networking technology has contributed t... ...: Some dismiss crop mobs as urbanites playing at farming , a hands-on variation of the popular "Farmville"...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/24/crop-mobbing/
You think you have troubles at work? Dairy farmer Tony Goltstein of Winchester, Indiana has methane bubbles the size of houses rising up to twenty feet tall, full of gas released by decomposing cow manure. Since wholesal...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/29/manure-pool-spawns-giant-bubbles/Food Inc. didn't win Best Documentary this year, b... ...Documentary this year, but its message is clear: farming in America is not what it used to be. Thankfully,... ...t what it used to be. Thankfully, the passion for farming for a living, and doing it right, still motivates... ...andparents in an attempt t...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/10/the-nolan-family-dairy-farm/(YouTube link) Farmer Paul Coppin tried an unusual tactic to rid his farm of rabbits. He disguised his tractor so he could sneak up on them. Rather than tell you what he disguised it as, I'll let you see on the video....
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/tractor-in-disguise/
The following is reprinted from The Best... ...e. And now Borlaug wanted to take his high-yield farming global. He wanted, he said, to secure "a temporar... ...ed at first; there was cultural opposition to new farming methods. But when acute famine struck in 1965 (1...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/12/the-man-who-saved-a-billion-lives/
