In August 2018, a small group of Wisconsin dairy farmers took a bus to Albany, N.Y., on a mission to save farms. It was almost four years into an unprecedented slump in milk prices, and in Wisconsin and elsewhere, farmers were struggling. They had cut costs, borrowed heavily, and were sinking deeper into debt. Many […]

Most visitors to Xochimilco, in the south of Mexico City, come to ride its canals, eat, drink and listen to floating mariachi bands. Few, however, realize that this reserve is the last example of an ancient way of farming on water called chinampas. It’s a method that is 1,300 years old and is disappearing due […]

From the outside, it resembles any one of the 17 million shipping containers that are currently in use around the world. But step inside and you’re entering a futuristic hydroponic, vertical farm where cutting-edge technology can grow anything from tomatoes to turnips. It’s called the “Greenery” and it’s the newest container farm from Freight Farms, […]