Meet the Modern Farmers: Maria Farrugia, Orin Hardy and Made Gojing
With start-up capital, Orin Hardy leased two acres in Bali, which supply The Green School with papayas, basil, coconuts, and Thai eggplant.
Meet the Modern Farmer: Joseph Fields
Joseph Fields is incredibly savvy about shifting trends, returning to an organic approach in 2008, after decades of industrial agriculture.
Meet the Modern Farmer: Emigdio Ballon
The Native Americans of the Tesuque Pueblo have farmed in the same New Mexico valley since at least the 1300s. But by the time Emigdio Ballon arrived to head their newly formed agr...
Meet the Modern Farmers: Abra Berens and Jess Piskor
Jess Piskor met Abra Berens 10 years ago while they were serving bowls of matzo-ball soup and pastrami sandwiches at Ann Arbor's legendary Zingerman's deli. At the time, Piskor hap...
Meet the Modern Farmer: Julie Johnston
“We thought if we could make it farming here, we’d be living the dream.”
The Futuristic Farming at the 1939 World’s Fair
The 1939 World’s Fair was a celebration of American innovation and ingenuity set atop 1,200 acres of former swampland and an ash dump.
