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Mar 23, 2023

Pere Sureda describes himself as a “spreader of biodiversity.” As a grafter, his technical knowledge and dexterity is helping small producers rescue and preserve traditional local varieties that once dotted the Majorcan countryside, such as Duraió and Bugadera carob trees, Frare Llarg and Frare Verd plum trees and Garta Vermella apricot trees. Majorca, the biggest […]

A barrage of messages from social media influencers, along with other online blogs and articles, have claimed that farmed salmon are bad for you because the fish are fed dyes to turn their flesh red. Some have claimed that farmed salmon is naturally gray, suggesting they are malnourished, and consumers should avoid eating it for […]

Mar 21, 2023

On a recent market day at the San Francisco Ferry Building, Tory and Rebecca Torosian of Tory Farms, a second-generation, 80-acre orchard in the San Joaquin Valley, are hawking the last of their navel oranges, lemons and pomegranates as they head into a long hiatus.  Normally, a late winter crop of oro blancos, page mandarins […]

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

Farm

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
Unlocking Secrets of the Honeybee Dance Language

The Greek historian Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a misguided forbidden experiment in... (more)

James C. Nieh, The Conversation
March 12, 2023
US Explores Vaccinating Chickens In Response to Avian Flu Outbreak

A vaccine for avian flu could be on the way to a chicken coop near... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
March 9, 2023
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Food & Lifestyle

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
The Buzzy Edible Insect Trend is Gaining Traction in the West

When Mohammed Ashour walks into Aspire Food Group’s 150,000 square-foot cricket farm in London, Ontario,... (more)

Roberta Staley
February 23, 2023
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News

‘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
In Rural America, Right-to-Repair Laws are the Leading Edge of a Pushback...

As tractors became more sophisticated over the past two decades, the big manufacturers allowed farmers... (more)

Leland Glenna, The Conversation
February 24, 2023
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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)