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Mar 29, 2023

Along the eastern seaboard, there’s a growing network of folks interested in reanimating the dead—or, at least, the nearly dead. “There’s definitely a robust network on the eastern seaboard of people in brewing, distilling, academics and malting that are building on a lot of these storylines and getting some of these varieties back into the […]

Mar 28, 2023

Tove Danovich’s Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them is decidedly not a sugary love letter to Danovich’s flock, loaded with sappy, capricious odes to her pet chickens. Instead, it’s a realistic and immersive look into our relationships with those beings in our care. “Chickens are a […]

Mar 26, 2023

It’s midnight in the lambing field. In the darkness, we only see shapes; we notice the wind on our skin; slight noises assume importance. In the dark, our senses are heightened. In the dark, we are absorbed by the world around us. This world is two-dimensional, uncluttered by the nuance of color and depth. This […]

Payment for the Past: Recognizing Indigenous Seed Stewardship

Calais Abenaki Flint, a corn variety featuring golden yellow and deep maroon kernels, was once... (more)

Paige Lindell

Farm

Squeezing the Most Out of California’s Water Supply

On a recent market day at the San Francisco Ferry Building, Tory and Rebecca Torosian... (more)

Naoki Nitta
March 21, 2023
Turning a Locust Invasion into a Fertilizer Boon

They say when life throws you lemons, you make lemonade. But what happens when life... (more)

Joseph Maina
March 15, 2023
Who Will Take Over the Family Farm? We Want to Hear From...

What’s to become of the family farm? As America’s farming population gets older, an increasing... (more)

Modern Farmer
March 13, 2023
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Food & Lifestyle

White House Proposes New Standards for ‘Product of USA’ Label

Beef raised in Brazil. Pork processed in Canada. Eggs raised in New Zealand. All of... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
March 17, 2023
To Cultivate Modern Sustainability, A California Wine Region is Turning to Very...

Ask any of the wine grape growers planting own-rooted stock why they’re farming these massively... (more)

Julie Tremaine
March 14, 2023
Meet the Forgotten Contributor to Sustainable Agriculture

When Louis Bromfield first arrived on his farm in Richland County, Ohio, he was shocked... (more)

Fiona Young-Brown
March 7, 2023
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News

United States, Mexico at Odds Over Mexico’s Ban of Genetically Modified Corn

Anet Aguilar traces her passion for corn back to her grandmother. In the Mexican state... (more)

Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest
March 16, 2023
‘Communities, Not Corporations’: Farmers March for Climate Action in D.C.

Hundreds of farmers and farmworkers gathered in Washington, D.C. this week to demand that Congress... (more)

Marin Scotten
March 10, 2023
Meta Ad Ban Hurts Hemp Entrepreneurs

Sara Day Evans runs an agriculture-based business accelerator, Accelerating Appalachia, which supports dozens of farmers... (more)

Judith Matloff
March 9, 2023
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Meet the modern farmer
Meet some men and women who turned their love of country into a love of land.
Meet the Modern Majorcan Grafter Spreading Biodiversity

Pere Sureda describes himself as a “spreader of biodiversity.” As a grafter, his technical knowledge... (more)

Meet the Forgotten Contributor to Sustainable Agriculture

When Louis Bromfield first arrived on his farm in Richland County, Ohio, he was shocked... (more)

Meet the Modern Graziers Who Broke Into Regenerative Agriculture, No Farmland Required

When James Allen and his wife, Katie, started Heritage Graziers in the summer of 2015,... (more)

Meet Montana’s Only Maple Syrup Producer

On a sunny spring day in 2015, David Knudson was admiring the Norway maple trees... (more)