Conscious Consumption

Every summer, thousands of Midwestern kids climb aboard schoolbusses, headed out to fields to detassle corn. Modern Farmer goes along for the ride.

A few farm-focused novels to inspire kids to learn more about the world of farming and maybe get a few young people back out into the fields.

The patchwork of circles and squares that make up the farmlands of the American West are a familiar scene to frequent flyers. Those circles -- caused by center-pivot irrigation -- ...

There is always someone watching your horse. That’s the thought behind Mare Stare, a website that runs live camera feeds from barns around the world.

But it turns out that combine demolition derbies also work as wonderful narratives for telling the story of the family farm. Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm explore this theme in...

The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: a sign.

Like clean water and fresh air, good, farmable soil is vital to our continued survival – and we’re destroying it in mass quantities. Is no-till farming the solution?

Want to find a good truffle? Find yourself a good dog.

Education Outside turns school gardens into classrooms. And today, kids across San Francisco get to study their science curriculum outside.