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How to Get Lumber for Free or Cheap

Lumber may be in high demand right now, but you can still score what you need in unexpected places.

Lumber Prices Are Falling Fast, Turning Hoarders Into Sellers

Prices have dropped from record highs spurred by the economic reopening, potentially pointing to an eventual return to normalcy.

Lumber Yard or Big-Box Store?

Here are three questions to ask yourself to decide whether to buy your lumber at a lumber yard or big-box store.

How To Build A Storage Shed

We could all use extra space and a great way to add some storage without taking up valuable square footage within the home is by building an outdoor storage shed. Building a shed is a fun DIY project that any DIYer can accomplish.

Vermont-Based Project Prepares Farms to Maintain a Secure Food Supply

Most grocery stores have a dairy section lined with coolers full of milk, butter, cheese and yogurt. Our favorite dairy foods are always there, day or night, but that might not be the case if the milk supply from farms, to processors, to stores is halted by a livestock disease outbreak that interrupts the supply chain. The same could happen with beef, chicken or pork products.

Will indoor, vertical farming help us feed the planet — or hurt it?

UNEARTHED | Evaluating the environmental pros and cons of this high-tech method.

From Farm to Fork: How Architecture Can Contribute to Fresher Food Supply

When you come to think of it, most of the food on your plate has a history behind it - a long journey that we are unable to describe.

Only a quarter of Government's $100m water for fodder delivered to farms

Months after paying for much-needed water, farmers in the southern Murray-Darling Basin are waiting for the Water for Fodder program to deliver.

How Cities Can Feed Themselves: A Ten-Point Plan

PaperBy Multiple AuthorsExecutive SummaryCities should aim to produce at least 30 per cent of their own fruit and vegetables by 2030 through tech-enabled food productionThanks to technology, growing crops is no longer constrained by traditional growing cycles, soil health or weather conditions – which is a good thing because these factors are no longer reliable. Rather, as a result of climate change…

New technologies could structurally change food supply chain

Innovations and new technologies – such as 3D printed food, insects as forms of protein and wearable technology – have the power to structurally change the food supply chain in the not-too-distant future, according to Rabobank.

Biodiesel Pours Savings Into Feed Supply

Livestock and poultry farms benefit from increased biodiesel demand. That’s because the more biodiesel that gets used, the more savings animal ag farmers experience on their soybean meal costs.Because biodiesel creates greater demand for soybean oi...

Poultry farm WordPress themes are the perfect way to make your website stand out

Developing a website is hard work, that’s a given but thanks to platforms like WordPress who have more or less automated the process, you should be able to set one up easily, even if you are a novice; just review our collection of Poultry farm WordPress themes and you’ll see how easy it is. So, …

Sustainability Can Be a Major Selling Point in the Dairy Section

Savvy marketers should keep their eyes on the dairy aisle in the coming months for more sustainable packaging innovations that are vying to increase market share.

Increasing accountability through farm-to-fork food safety measures

Preventing cross-contamination of allergens requires diligence at all levels of the food supply chain.

How to Start a Worm Farm