Conscious Consumption

The good news: Organic produce is now certified by the government, widely available at big-box stores, and more affordable than ever. The bad news: See above.

A new study examines the genome to try to track this sinister-sounding rice back to its source.

We’ll be at Field + Supply, a Modern Makers Craft Fair, in High Falls, New York, October 10 and 11.

This week, the folks at SPACE on Ryder Farm, Bay Ridge farmers market vendors, and more awesome people showed off their #iamamodernfarmer pride.

At Brooklyn’s Morbid Anatomy Museum hands-on taxidermy classes fill up with students for whom challenging themselves to skin and pose a deceased animal sounds like fun.

Say hello to Green Duchess Farm in Somerset, New Jersey. They’re taking over Modern Farmer’s Instagram account this weekend.

Does the science stand up to scrutiny?

If you have this chicken in the fridge, you better toss it.

Some critics, though, say the new regulations don’t go far enough.