Farmer-built, weed-specific sprayers are on the near-horizon for agriculture. The evidence? DIY, green-on-brown sprayers are already applying herbicide to fallow ground, built with open-source design, ...

I have a weird fascination with inventions, and often wonder what the beginning of something was. What led to someone coming up with stained glass? Or what about an alarm clock? These are simple ...

Discover the fascinating step-by-step process of creating a unique, spider-shaped DIY ant farm from scratch. Watch as acrylic ...

Necessity breeds invention. Pressed for time and labor, Dale Roberts built a mower-sprayer for his Pennsylvania orchards, and his innovation is a means to keep dollars in-pocket. One pass, two ...

When a rural farmer discovered a suspicious growth, he chose an unconventional path: a homemade skin-cancer remedy crafted ...

Turkish farmer and amateur inventor Mustafa Karasungur cares more about protecting his crops from bears than basic safety. So using parts he could scrounge around his local town, he built a robotic ...

Hezam Kittani didn’t want U.S. handouts to help him grow strawberries. He wanted to be a do-it-yourself berry farmer — and to teach others to follow in his footsteps. Strawberries were barely grown in ...

If you stopped by a farmer's market this weekend (like we did!), you probably saw that the selection this time of year is totally bangin'. Ripe plums and peaches, heirloom tomatoes, herbs, greens -- ...

A sourdough starter, pork loin sandwiches, and a side of Asian slaw. A five-day sourdough starter to use in two different recipes; brining and smoking a pork loin for a thin-sliced pork sandwich with ...

RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — Small businesses across the Piedmont are adjusting to the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. Millstone Creek Orchards in eastern Randolph County was preparing ...

When I reported on LaPlatte River Angus Farm last week for our cover story on the local meat industry, farmer Jim Kleptz told me about plans to fire up a family-owned slaughterhouse on recently ...