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A rural landscape with green fields and farm buildings under a clear blue sky.

Business

20 orgs sign letter criticizing new US rule that shrinks farm energy grants from 50% to 25% of project costs

A nature-centered community.

Home

Georgia community built around a 25-acre organic farm keeps about 70% of its land green

A farmers market display with various fruits, vegetables, and signs showing prices.

Food

Florida city proposes letting residents sell homegrown produce as 1 in 7 faces food insecurity

Orange juice in a store.

Food

Florida grower answers $8-a-gallon orange juice complaint: 'We just pushed up our last grove'

A wild boar and a dog face off in a forest.

Outdoors

Indian farmers turned to packs of native dogs after feral pigs ravaged their crops

Pamela Anderson holds a marker in front of a sign that says "GARDEN" and displays a variety of tomatoes.

Food

Pamela Anderson's 15,000-square-foot garden in Canada feeds food banks, churches, and neighbors

A winding dirt road leads through shrubs toward the sea and clear blue sky.

Home

Cyprus buyer maps out 10-acre off-grid farm, with water posing the first big test

A woman in a kitchen highlights a budget meal, a baked dish on a spatula, and a man enjoying dinner at a table.

Food

Homesteader says this roast beef dinner fed 5 for about $5, thanks to a garden full of sides

Onions.

Home

A Northeast gardener grew onions in cinder blocks, then cooked the surprise harvest into soup

A wall made of glass bottles and adobe.

Home

Architect in New Mexico builds homes from discarded tires, bottles

A collection of various-sized potatoes in a cardboard box.

Home

Gardener turns sprouted store-bought potatoes into a 10-pound harvest

A person organizing a pantry.

Home

In the UK, preppers want a rebrand: less doomsday stockpile, more daily self-sufficiency