2019 - Page 5 of 55 - Modern Farmer
California’s Artisanal Cannabis Farms Were Supposed to Help Build The Legal Market....

The rhythm of North San Juan, CA has changed. Locals—all 151 of them, according to... (more)

Caleb Garling
May 30, 2023
The Hot and Cold of Growing Olives in Canada

It was early December 2016, and the first real cold of the season was descending... (more)

Jennifer Cole
May 29, 2023
Is Your Favorite New Mushroom Eradicating Native Mushroom Species?

Golden oyster mushrooms, with sunny-golden thumbprint caps, branch-like gills and clusters of fruiting bodies, are... (more)

Natalie Jesionka
May 1, 2023
Plant Vaccines Delivered Via Microneedle Could Offer Alternative To Chemical Spraying

What if we had vaccines for field crops? Imagine a world where on-farm robots can... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
April 19, 2023
West African Yam Festivals Celebrate Harvest, Community and Life Itself

In Emure Ekiti, a town in Nigeria, hundreds of townspeople troop into the streets to... (more)

Mayowa Oyewale
April 18, 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
How Distilling Almost Killed—Then Revived—One Of America’s Heritage Crops

Along the eastern seaboard, there’s a growing network of folks interested in reanimating the dead—or,... (more)

Emily Cappiello
March 29, 2023
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
March 24, 2023
Meet the Modern Majorcan Grafter Spreading Biodiversity

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

Angeles Rodenas
March 23, 2023
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