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If Alicia Silverstone Was Naked and Telling You All Wool Clothing Was Bad, Would You Believe Her?
The wool industry takes a turn in the crosshairs of animal rights activists.
The USDA is Conducting a Check Up on the Financial Health of America’s Dairy Industry
Three thousand randomly selected dairy farmers - including 800 with organic dairy operations”“across 28 states will be interviewed. The information collected is for the final p...
A Dangerous “Superbug” Has Been Found on a U.S. Pig Farm. Should You Worry?
An Ohio State University research team has discovered a multi-drug resistant form of bacteria on a U.S. pig farm. Should you worry? The answer is “maybe.”
Last Word with Chef Tom Colicchio
In the midst of opening his new Manhattan restaurant, Fowler&Wells, the Top Chef judge found time to hit the campaign trail.
The Ability To Cook Plants 15,000 Years Ago May Have Modernized Humans
Humans have been cooking plants for longer than anyone suspected.
The UK Has a Hotline to Bust Food Fraudsters
In the UK food fraudsters are being dimed out thanks to a new national hotline run by the National Food Crime Unit.
We’re Just As Vulnerable To A Dust Bowl Drought As We Were In The 1930s
We must be better able to handle a drought now, right? Right…?
Meet the Modern Farmer: Jeanette Bell
This 72-year-old regularly works well into the evening, tending vegetables and flowers in raised beds.
Modern Farmer’s Best of 2016: Weird Animal Stories
Goat yoga, Flea’s bees, a first mate who happens to be a chicken, and many more.
