Conscious Consumption

When you live in the city or the suburbs, it can be hard to fit everything you want into a small or mid-sized yard. Perhaps you want a large vegetable garden and even a couple of f...

It’s fair to say, most walnut farms never get mentioned on Saturday Night Live. Of course, most walnut farms aren’t powered by their own shells.

Pickens (who I knew from our time together attending Ohio University) meets regularly with the restaurant's chef and the farm's founder Sisha OrtÁºzar to discuss what's growing a...

While many travelers are trying to get away from it all ”“ work, kids, parents, seemingly neverending battles with telecommunications companies ”“ some hoteliers are using that as an opportunity to offer them a chance to get back to the land.

Moo-chos graçias, Library of Congress! Join the gang at the Modern Farmer and gawk, gaze and gloat at these thirteen reserved and respected grazers.

Housed in a vast storehouse in Fort Collins, Colorado, the USDA has 700,000 straws of sperm, from 18 different species. They’re ready for any disaster.

A simple technique, created by a French priest, produces record-breaking rice harvests around the world.

In the course of 24 hours, the city consumes 931 tons of rice, 1,980 tons of vegetables, 34 tons of poultry, 4,270 pigs and 79 cows. Supermarkets, restaurants, cafes and street mar...

A white wooden sign with hand-painted, sky blue letters strangely proclaims: "Fresh Shrimp For Sale, Sat 9-12.” Drivers slow down or back up to see if perhaps their eyes have dec...