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The psychology of why video game farming is so satisfying

In the game Stardew Valley, you clear fields overgrown with weeds. You smash stones and chop down trees. You till…

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Food & Drink

Vertical strawberry grower Oishii clinches $134M amid indoor farming woes

Indoor strawberry grower Oishii closed a $134 million funding round on Wednesday, allowing the company to break into new markets…

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Food & Drink

Vertical strawberry grower Oishii clinches $134M amid indoor farming woes

Indoor strawberry grower Oishii closed a $134 million funding round on Wednesday, allowing the company to break into new markets…

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8 people killed in a head-on crash in central California farming region : NPR

The site of a head-on crash involving a van and a pickup truck where eight people were killed is checked…

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Business

Sriracha shortage: Meet Craig Underwood, the chili pepper farming millionaire

In the 1980s, Craig Underwood was a fourth-generation California farmer, struggling with the region’s changing agricultural landscape, when he stepped…

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Sustainable farming gets a boost in this county — and gives a boost to customers : Shots

A purple daikon radish grown at Ollin Farms in Longmont, Colo. and other vegetables are prepared to be served at…

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Food & Drink

Former Tyson CEO to helm carbon farming startup Indigo Ag

Indigo Ag said Tuesday it appointed former Tyson Foods President and CEO Dean Banks to lead the sustainable farming and…

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Science

Research offers a reason why diversity in plant species causes higher farming yield, solving ‘a bit of a mystery’

A study appearing in Nature Communications based on field and greenhouse experiments at the University of Kansas shows how a…

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Science

Beef farming that keeps cattle on lifelong grass diets may have higher carbon footprint

Beef operations that keep cattle on lifelong grass-based diets may have an overall higher carbon footprint than those that switch…

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Pesticides in soya farming may be behind leukaemia deaths in Brazil

Pesticide exposure from a rise in soya farming may have caused an increase in leukaemia deaths among children in Brazil…

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