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Old Time Farm Crime: The Embalmed Beef Scandal of 1898
They say the beef smelled like an embalmed dead body. By the end of the scandal, it would irrevocably change how Americans dealt with their food.
Using Sound to Keep Crops Safe
How farmers use fake bird calls and propane cannons to keep their crops safe.
The Chicago Board of Trade: 165 Years of American Ag Capitalism
The Chicago Board of Trade, the world’s largest futures exchange, began its life as a farmers market. And, in some ways, it still is.
Modern Farmer visits Michelle Bolt and her miniature livestock at Tanglewood Farm in northern Georgia.
Crystal Bay Farm in Watsonville, California, is sandwiched between two national parks along the coast of Monterey Bay. Farmer Jeff Fiorovich says you can see the ocean from the far...
Lucky for marketing-shy farmers, in recent years a new tool has cropped up to make life easier: online food hubs.
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
In the early 1940s William George Pope, and his wife Mildred "Moodie” Pope, left Utica, NY and bought a farm. They named it High Acres, and started raising Ayeshire Cattle. Pope ...
Beast In Show: Scenes From An English Farm Exhibition
A look at the faces from one of Britain’s most important agricultural shows.
The U.S. Is Farming More Fish than Ever (But Nowhere Near What China Does)
Numbers from N.O.A.A. make one fact abundantly clear: When it comes to aquaculture, the U.S. remains a tiny fish in an growing Asian pond.
