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Essential Oils Might Be the New Antibiotics

Tori Rodriguez

January 16, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States

Essential oils contain some of the most potent anti-microbial compounds available. Only recently have scientists started pushing fr research to more deeply understand how they can be used to take the place of traditional antibiotics in medicine. The goal is to reduce antibiotics overuse and avoid creating antibiotic resistant "superbugs."

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To market: From snorting pig to global product

J. Andrew Curliss

December 15, 2014 |

The News & Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Clinton, North Carolina

The chute is where a river of Silky Pork begins flowing to Tokyo, swift and steady in a logistical marvel that delivers choice cuts of fresh pork across the globe. Negotiations on a new trade deal catch the attention of the Ivey brothers and other North Carolina hog farmers.

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Across the ocean, discerning Japanese customers take to Silky Pork

J. Andrew Curliss

December 10, 2014 |

The News & Observer |

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Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

After the success of North Carolina pork in Japan, the NC department of agriculture aims to help other local producers try their products in this foreign market to stimulate the state's economy.

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From Eastern NC to Tokyo: A new breed of ‘silky' pork

J. Andrew Curliss

December 10, 2014 |

The News & Observer |

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Response Location: United States, La Grange, North Carolina

A farm in North Carolina discovered a new market and revived their business. By focusing on the genetics of their hogs and altering the hogs' diet the farm was able to enter the competitive but lucrative Japanese pork market.

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Greener Pastures for Cattle Ranching

Lisa Palmer

November 18, 2014 |

Future Food |

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Response Location: Colombia, Cali, Valle del Cauca

In Colombia, traditional cattle pastures have caused soil degradation, deforestation, and desertification. To reconcile this, several thousand acres of land in Latin America have been transformed into a silvo-pastoral system of grazing and raising cattle with agro-forestry. The Colombia-based Center for Research in Sustainable Systems of Agriculture seeks to reduce pasture land by 26 million acres while increasing cattle numbers by 2019.

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The Abstinence Method

Maryn McKenna

June 17, 2014 |

Modern Farmer |

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Response Location: Netherlands, Beers

Dutch farmers are saying no to antibiotics for livestock. The Netherlands is in the midst of a high-stakes, government-mandated experiment: Can large-scale meat production succeed without routine use of antibiotics?

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In the Pastures of Colombia, Cows, Crops, and Timber Coexist

Lisa Palmer

March 13, 2014 |

Yale Environment 360 |

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Response Location: Colombia, Cali, Valle del Cauca

Colombia’s National Development Plan for cattle ranching seeks to reduce pasture land from 94 million acres to 70 million acres while increasing cattle numbers from 23 million head to 40 million. The program focuses on planting trees on grazing land and the "cut and carry method," whereby farmers grow fields of shrubs and distribute the fresh cuttings to cows in pastures. The result is greater cattle productivity and a more eco-friendly farming system.

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In Grizzly country, what do you do with a dead cow?

Benjamin Goldfarb

February 10, 2014 |

Modern Farmer |

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Response Location: United States, Montana

When cattle die on ranches in Montana, they can attract grizzly bears that can come dangerously close landowners, ranches, and living livestock. Blackfoot Challenge, a coalition of ranchers and landowners who work with the government, collects and composts dead cattle into odorless woodchips. These woodchips are effective at repurposing carcasses into high-way side revegetation projects.

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Rentals That Let You Fly the Coop

Claire Martin

October 26, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Urbanites who want farm fresh eggs may not know what they're getting themselves into with a live chicken purchase—and wind up offloading their animals. A Pennsylvania couple began a sharing company called Rent the Chicken, which provides chickens, a coop, some feed, and coaching for urban farmers.

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