A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food, fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single individual, family, community, corporation or a company. A farm can be a holding of any size from a fraction of a hectare to several thousand hectares.
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What owning an alpaca farm has taught me about running a tech startup
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Why the extinction of mammoths may have forced us to invent civilization
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How affordable agricultural technology is solving food insecurity in Nigeria
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Carrefour put cheese on the blockchain and it’s going grate
Carrefour customers will soon be able to scan blockchain-enabled cheese with a smartphone to learn more about its origin. ...
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The digital farming revolution will cost workers their power, dignity, and possibly their jobs
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AI is helping regulators keep tabs on new industrial farms and their waste discharging habits
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AI will soon decide what we eat
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A deadly tree disease is devastating the citrus industry – AI can help
The citrus tree is in trouble. Florida's citrus industry has been devastated and California's is next. Artificial intelligence ...
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Farming Simulator is the bizarre, off-the-wall new esport gaming needs
We're getting a new kind of esport to challenge the dominance of Overwatch, League of Legends, and Dota 2, and it's none ...
