August 2014 - Page 3 of 8 - Modern Farmer
The New Farmer’s Almanac is an Intimate Log of a Changing Climate

For more than 200 years, the Old Farmer’s Almanac has stood as a guidepost for... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
April 25, 2023
Why I Keep Coming Back to Seed Catalogs

In the middle of the unforgiving Canadian winter, there’s one thing that brings me spring-like... (more)

Vanessa Chiasson
April 12, 2023
New Rankings Score Chocolate Companies on Environmental and Labor Issues

What goes into your favorite chocolate bar? Sugar, cocoa, caramel…and potentially, a host of environmental... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
April 3, 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
Why Don’t American Farmers Embrace Peasant Farming?

Last June, I quit my office job and booked a flight to France. I was... (more)

Nicole Grennan
February 21, 2023
How to Turn Your Garden Into a Business, No Matter the Size

Stop me if this sounds familiar: You love your backyard garden, but because of the... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 24, 2023
Meet the Farmer Helping Black Kentuckians Return to Their Agricultural Roots

“Produce with a purpose” is how Ashley Smith describes her vision for Black Soil, the... (more)

Kelly Magyarics
January 12, 2023
Move Over, Mezcal. A Sustainable Tequila Alternative Is Taking Over.

In the Chihuahuan desert, a plant that grows wild, without a drop of water, could change... (more)

Hollie Stephens
January 9, 2023
This Earn-While-You-Learn Model is Transforming a Colorado Food Desert

Denver’s Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods have been designated food deserts, barren of grocery stores and... (more)

Carrie Honaker
December 30, 2022
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