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Growing Food Helps Connect Urban and Rural Neighbours

In the Toronto Star, Jesse McLean shares how small, niche farm operations are doing just that.
Today, people … are trying to reconnect urbanites to the farm, and in doing so, re-establish the farmer as a neighbour – one not defined by proximity, but by a common, more intimate connection – food. 
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Farmers Markets Must Cater to the Consumer

Local food is cool.  It’s a trend seen everywhere these days … on TV, in newspapers, online.  Yet even with the expansion of many markets catering to food that is grown and produced locally, there are many more farmers markets who struggle to remain open.
Why?  Poor or no market management is typically one reason.  But perhaps [...]

Cattle-Powered Computers?

Cattle have been put to a variety of uses, but a new research paper suggests that they could be the key to powering the next wave of computer innovation. 
“While not immediately intuitive, the idea plays on two trends:  the building of computing centres in more rural locales, and dairy farmers’ efforts to deal with cattle [...]

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