2019 - Modern Farmer
On the Ground with the Farmers Producing Antibiotic-Free Meat

Nearly four decades ago, Ron Mardesen and his wife Denise stopped using antibiotics on their... (more)

Marin Scotten
April 24, 2024
On the Ground With the Schools Learning What It Takes To Improve...

Last month, the USDA recognized four school districts for their work in improving the nutrition... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
April 16, 2024
Opinion: There’s No Right Way to Eat Meat

What is the “right” approach to meat?  There’s no doubt that industrial animal agriculture carries... (more)

Olivia Oldham and Katie Revell
April 10, 2024
Phonies, Fakes and Food Fraud

How do you know that what you’re eating is what you think it is? Most... (more)

Modern Farmer
October 8, 2023
Digging In: Why Don’t Americans Eat Mutton?

“Why can we only get lamb in the US, as opposed to mutton?” That’s what... (more)

Rose Garrett
September 21, 2023
This Farmworker Collective is Organizing For ‘Milk With Dignity’ and More

Enrique Balcazar remembers the disillusionment he felt the day he arrived in Vermont from Mexico... (more)

Mickal Aranha
September 11, 2023
The Farmers Market, Delivered

In the age of DoorDash and Instacart, the concept of getting groceries delivered to your... (more)

Lena Beck
September 5, 2023
Microbes, Mealworms and Seaweed Could Inform the Future of Cheese

What makes a good mozzarella? It has to be flavorful. It should become gooey and... (more)

Lena Beck
August 16, 2023
‘An Insane Amount of Water’: What Climate Change Means For California’s Biggest...

For Joseph Goni, a fourth-generation dairy farmer in Tulare County, California, the region’s historic floods... (more)

Naoki Nitta
July 10, 2023
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