15 Minutes with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack
Modern Farmer fields a friendly call from the US government’s top farmhand.
At-Home Cold Remedies: How to Make Fire Cider
When you’re all sniffly and coming down with something this winter, reach for a bottle of your own home-brewed tonic.
Happy 25th Birthday, National Organic Program!
As USDA certification celebrates its 25th anniversary, the organic community takes stock of its triumphs thus far – and the challenges to come.
Meet a Baby-Boomer Couple Farming in Shipping Containers
Urban farming is as hip as it gets. But it just got hipper – and more profitable.
Farm Policy Primer: What is a Conservation Easement?
There are rewards, both moral and financial, for not selling Grandpa's farm to the local real estate developer.
Farm Confessional: Here’s My Beef with Farmers Who Claim Organic When They Are Not
A Certified Naturally Grown farmer opens up about fraud on the farmers market scene – and his own failed foray into USDA Organic certification.
How to Build a Bio-Swale (and Why You Should Want To!)
A swell soil-building, runoff-reducing project for a cool fall day.
Foraging is the New Black: How to Forage for Food this Fall
Fatten up on nature’s pantry before the winter slumber: Here are 10 wild foods to harvest now.
Bored with Apples? Try One of These 7 Delicious Rare Cousins Instead
Tasty rare fruits that big ag left behind.
