A Tractor Full of 33 Memes for People Living off the Land

Food doesn’t come from the supermarket… Surprise! I actually spent quite a bit of time on a farm in the Midwest when I was a kid, scooping up sheep and cows you know what, spending nights huddled up in a sleeping bag in an empty barn, and picking apples, pears, and peaches off the trees …
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Progressive Farmer Dave Brandt of ‘But It’s Honest Work’ Meme Fame Has Passed Away

The name Dave Brandt may not mean much to some of you, but you’ve definitely seen him in memes. When we scroll through our feeds, whether at our desks when we’re supposed to be working or at home when we’re chilling, it’s easy to forget that the faces of viral meme formats belong to real …
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‘Welcome to beginner gardening TikTok’: Millennials and Gen Z are turning to the clock app to learn how to garden this summer

With the end nigh or whatever, everyone is starting to go back to the basics. Learning trades, medicine, and, of course, gardening. Can you believe their used to be a time when you had to grow and catch your own food or you just wouldn’t eat?? Wild to think about. However, honestly, we all wish …
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A Well-Tilled Field of Farmer Memes

Many of us urbanites are disconnected from rural ways of living, even if it’s something that we’ve grown up around. I have a friend and lifelong city dweller who visited the country and mistook a horse for a cow at close range (she was twenty three at the time). It means that we’ve got to …
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Farmers, Herbalists, Botanists, and other Plant Experts are Using TikTok to Encourage People to Go Self-Sufficient

You don’t need a lot of money to grow your own food at home or even at your tiny apartment—and these TikTokers are showing you how. 

Image of Cow Wearing VR Headsets Sparks Matrix Jokes & Memes

Last week, journalist @ShujaUH shared a story about a Turkish farmer who fitted his cows with VR headsets to trick them into thinking they were grazing on vast and beautiful pastures. The ridiculous image shows a dairy cow with a VR headset (presumably for humans) strapped over each eye. In 2019, a similar story about …
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Video: Farmer Gives Rhea A Gentle Bonk To Avoid Attack

The Urban Rescue Ranch posts a lot of videos on YouTube that document life on backyard animal sanctuary. Sounds pretty cute, but sometimes it can get rough and dirty. This hilarious video introduces Karen and Kevin—two adorable rheas with vastly different aggression levels. Kevin repeatedly comes after Ben the farmer like a rabid Big Bird. …
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