Author: Jake Swearingen

Modern Farmer’s semi-irregular look at agricultural malfeasance from around the world. Purloined Pork: Police in... (more)

Modern Farmer's semi-irregular look at agricultural malfeasance from around the world.

Bill Heavey has carved out a niche as the non-expert outdoorsman, hunting and fishing his... (more)

Got an old combine or harvester sitting around, collecting dust? Maybe it's time to enter... (more)

During World War I and World War II, gardening took on a distinctly martial air.... (more)

Since the Reverend Lorenzo Langstroth patented the Langstroth hive in October 1852, the exterior design... (more)

The track record of having a bee as your main character in entertainment is, uh,... (more)

A deep dive into what IMDB users found factually inaccurate in 2007's animated film "Bee... (more)

A round-up of agricultural chicanery.