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Dirt-Free Farming: Will Hydroponics (Finally) Take Off?
The hydroponic revolution has been poised to change farming for over 70 years. When will it actually happen?
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: a hail storm.
17 Farm Animals That Need to Respect Personal Boundaries
Farm animals, we love you. But we also need you to respect our personal space.
The Carrot Seed: On Planting a Garden With My Daughter
On Father's Day, millions of us who are acutely aware of our shortcomings as parents will receive cards proclaiming each of us that we're "the greatest Dad ever.” If our smiles s...
The Week in Farm Crime: Lions vs. Police, Bayou Busts, and Bee Rustling
Modern Farmer's weekly look at agricultural malfeasance from around the world.
Badger Wargames: UK Police and Animal Rights Activists Gear Up for Cull
Badgers: so cute, so furry, and, thanks to The Wind in the Willows, so nobly anthropomorphic. But they also carry bovine TB — and the British government plans to kill up to 100,000 of them.
By the time Chellie Pingree was elected to represent Maine’s 1st district in the United States House of Representatives in 2008, she had already amassed more than thirty years of farming experience in the state.
