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Farmer's Almanac

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Farmer's Almanac

U.S. annual journal, now called Old Farmer's Almanac, containing long-term weather predictions, planting schedules, astronomical tables, astrological lore, recipes, anecdotes, and sundry pleasantries of rural interest. First published by Robert B. Thomas in 1792 (for the year 1793), it went on to outlast dozens of competitors. It issued long-range weather forecasts, based on obscure interpretations of natural phenomena, long before any weather service existed, and generations of farmers planted and harvested according to its advice. Now published in Dublin, N.H., it sells some 4 million copies annually.



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No longer do America's chefs and home cooks fall prey to the fickle confines of the Farmer's Almanac long evidenced by selection provided by big box grocery retailers.
Everything we hear in the Farmer's Almanac is predicting a pretty heavy snow year," says McMillan.
 
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