It has increased the yields of farmers and taken a lot of the back-breaking labor out of farming.

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Coming out of Sweden we come from a frugal farming community.

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While universities pump out a ton of research on fish farming, much of it doesn't get commercialized, and the duo didn't want to be locked into one bet.

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With a small farming industry and a lot of imports, Britain was bound to lose out.

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"Antibiotic use in animals is out of hand, " said Dr. Gail Hansen, a veterinarian and senior officer for the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, a project aimed at phasing out overuse of antibiotics in food production.

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Because farming takes place out of doors and in dirt, such contamination is a fact of life.

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Living in Bihar, India's poorest state, Shailendra says that farming is one of the only options available to help him eke out a living.

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Pity the thousands of expensive tropical fish who died along the way as a Singapore family tried to figure out fish-farming.

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It turned out that the linear actuator had uses in a variety of industries and today his invention is found in industrial and farming equipment, ergonomic office furniture, and healthcare equipment.

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