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Should an Oyster Farm be Wilderness or Aquaculture? Q&A with Author Summer Brennan
Battle lines in the Point Reyes community were drawn and dug deep. Friends argued with neighbors: Let the oyster farm be! Get agriculture out of the park! Lobbyists slung public re...
5 Billionaires with Ties to Agriculture”and Why They Do It
For some it’s about the money; for others it’s about helping the other 99 percent of the world.
One Of The Country’s Biggest Urban Farms Will Be Built In Detroit
Detroit chefs will soon have a new source of hyper-local produce.
Bored with Apples? Try One of These 7 Delicious Rare Cousins Instead
Tasty rare fruits that big ag left behind.
Roses for Autism: How a Farm was Saved and a Vital Need Filled
In the fall of 2008, Tom Pinchbeck announced he would be closing his family’s rose farm in Guilford, Connecticut, which had been operating for nearly 80 years. It had been a slow decline for the business due to competition from imported roses from Central and South America, and Equatorial Africa, where they don’t have to spend money on heating greenhouses and where labor is cheap.
Enter Our #iamamodernfarmer Contest”and You Could Win Big!
Show us how you support local agriculture – and you could win big!
Meet Modern Farmer’s Guest Instagrammer: Blue Whistler Farm
Say hello to Blue Whistler Farm. They’re taking over our Instagram feed this weekend.
After a hard day’s work planting garlic (tips up!) this week’s modern farmers headed inside to catch up on some Modern Farmer reading.
