Conscious Consumption

Is everybody feeling a little sleepy and sun-drained? Take a load off, and look at these vintage farm photos from the Library of Congress.

As Andrea Wulf writes in her book Founding Gardeners, even in the midst of the Revolutionary War, George Washington remained preoccupied with the progress of his new garden at Moun...

Here are some questions (and answers) about our about-to-be “undead” Farm Bill.

In mid-19th century Argentina, cattle raiding had reached such a roiling boil that the government came up with a solution to try to stop cattle rustlers: a 250-mile long trench.

Between drought and a decrease in per capita beef consumption, the past few years have been challenging ones for cattle farmers. It’s also translated into higher costs for the leather industry.

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

When most people think about palm oil, if they think about it at all, they think of it as just one of the obscure and often unpronounceable ingredients printed on packages of proce...

It’s huge, it’s slimy, and it’s the “single greatest threat to Florida agriculture.” Meet the giant African Land Snail.

When Ned Lewis started hanging out at the Chicago Lights Urban Farm at nine years old, he found the labor to be beneath him. "I thought it was slave work" Lewis says.