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Ostrich feeding.
Picacho, Arizona

Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.
Pigeons are turned into hamam mahshi at six weeks of age.
Gastro Obscura

Hamam Mahshi

Egyptian pigeons are raised in special towers, then stuffed and eaten.
Aerial view of Algae farm at the Natural Energy Lab of Hawai'i.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Algae Growing Ponds

Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.
The historical marker on the side of the highway.
Port Royal, Virginia

Assassin's End

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.
Live frogs, readied for shipment.
farms

The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure

The get-rich-quick scheme couldn't fill the world's appetite for frogs' legs.
Sarah Laskow October 25, 2017
Cactus Thiemann.
Marrakesh, Morocco

Cactus Thiemann

The largest cactus farm in Africa.
Sheetmetal cowfolk and mountains behind.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Johnston's J-Bar-B Stables

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.
Part of the collection.
Linn, Missouri

Pigs Aloft Museum

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.
A drone flying over the Hands Free Hectare.
nature

From Seed to Harvest, This Field of Barley Was Grown Without Human Intervention

Programmed tractors, autonomous drones, and the future of farming.
Vittoria Traverso October 2, 2017
Two species of earthworm, trying their luck on Martian soil simulant.
space exploration

Are Earthworms Tough Enough for Mars?

One ecologist is trying to find out.
Cara Giaimo September 29, 2017
farms

Barbed Wire Telephone Lines Brought Isolated Homesteaders Together

And then let them snoop on each other.
Natasha Frost September 25, 2017
These overalls might look harmless, but what if they exploded?
farms

The Bizarre Case of New Zealand's Exploding Pants

Weeds. Chemicals. Fire. Trousers.
Eric Grundhauser September 20, 2017
Germantown Colony and Museum.
Minden, Louisiana

Germantown Colony and Museum

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.
Parrotfish like this one may be the farmers of the sea.
farms

Parrotfish Have Been Caught 'Farming' Coral Reefs

First, they poop out white sand beaches, now this ...
Eric Grundhauser September 15, 2017
Drangurinn Rock
Iceland

Drangurinn Rock

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
The footbridge to the island.
Washington, D.C.

Theodore Roosevelt Island

The national park was once a plantation estate.
Kimball, South Dakota

South Dakota Tractor Museum

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.
The salt farms of Thailand.
Mae Klong, Thailand

Samut Songkhram Salt Farms

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."