Down on the Farm

Mount Vernon grew over the years to more than 8,000 acres, divided into five separate farms. In the Shadow of Liberty

There was another movement called the Grange, which was an agricultural agrarian populist movement that rose up in opposition to the railroad companies, which were gouging farmers on shipping their crops. Slate (Jul 18, 2018)

The hope is that tourism will generate an economic incentive for locals to protect wildlife from poaching and the land from other uses, such as mining, logging or agriculture. Nature (Oct 9, 2018)

In addition, limits are being reached in arable land, which is being lost because of pollution and erosion while food demand rises. Seattle Times (Jul 13, 2018)

Protect next year’s fruit and vegetable crops by cleaning up planting areas and sending debris off in the green waste instead of composting it at home. Los Angeles Times (Oct 6, 2018)

The soybean has become the second major crop in the industrial food chain, taking turns each year in the field with corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma

Long before early humans cultivated wheat, barley, lentils and flax, ancient leafcutter ants raised fungus. New York Times (Oct 6, 2018)

Unless a wheat- or cornfield is left fallow every few years, the soil becomes exhausted. Outliers

The cheapest option for farmers with no infections would be electric fencing, but the agency estimated that would still cost $1.3 million. Washington Times (Sep 19, 2018)

Mr. Mishurov’s farm is on the fertile steppe of southern Russia. Wall Street Journal (Sep 23, 2018)

Ben knew he was in familiar terrain now, old territory where the teasing had grooves and furrows of ground that had been plowed before. The Great Santini

Great fields of some kind of grain grew under row upon row of hanging white lamps. Gregor the Overlander

Hired hands took the cattle to graze after boys and girls pulled suckling calves and sheep from their mothers. New York Times (Sep 22, 2018)

"But I don't think we'll ever see a time when stockmen aren't needed on farms for good husbandry and the welfare of the pigs." BBC (Feb 14, 2018)

They also practice an elaborate system of terraced farming and irrigation for higher yields. BBC (Sep 9, 2018)

Already, half the planet’s ice-free land surface is devoted to livestock or the growing of feed for those animals, Richardson said. Washington Post (Oct 10, 2018)

“As a matter of fact,” Mrs. Frisby explained, “they didn’t plow the particular spot in the garden where we live. It’s behind a boulder.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Young otters collected watercress and fished; Cornflower headed a party of mice to reap the early cereal crops; more youngsters tended the salad gardens. Redwall

In inland areas, large distances and a lack of train cars and storage silos hamper grain from reaching external markets. Wall Street Journal (Sep 23, 2018)

Then the Philadelphia Phillies’ grounds crew pulled up the tarp, revealing a field that looked something like freshly tilled farmland. Washington Post (Sep 10, 2018)