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Each week, “Rural Heritage” on RFD Network features stories of farmers borrowing from yesterday to do today’s work. Using hand tools, natural farming methods, and draft animal power, these men and women compete successfully with neighbors who instead use large, expensive modern machinery and rely on chemical fertilizers and insecticides to grow their crops. READ MORE

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