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Markets May Lose Farmers
Markets May Lose Farmers 

Markets May Lose Farmers

Popularity of fresh produce a double- edged sword

(Newser) - Farmers' markets have gotten so trendy the they're beginning to annoy their founders: the farmers. Now some of the locally-grown-produce movement's most high-profile members, turned off by the time commitment and the carnival-like atmosphere at many markets, are dropping out of the circuit.

Tax Code Spurs Llamapalooza
Tax Code Spurs Llamapalooza

Tax Code Spurs Llamapalooza

The upper crust is using alpaca farming as a huge tax write-off

(Newser) - Some very ulikely agrarians—doctors, lawyers, computer programmers—have spurred a huge boom in alpaca farming in the last few years, not for the profits, of which there are rarely any, but for the huge tax write-offs. "What can't I write off?" Manhattanite Rob Bruce says. "I write...

Burping Pill Cools Global Warming
Burping Pill Cools Global Warming

Burping Pill Cools Global Warming

Carnivores rejoice: a new pill makes beef more environment friendly

(Newser) - Who knew that bovine burping was a major source of methane gas and hence global warming? German scientists, that's who, and they've come up with a fist-sized pill to reduce it, along with the 4% of greenhouse gas emissions for which it is responsible.

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