Our stories connect people to their food, support informed choice, and rethink how we consume.
Featured
Consumption
Bugs. You want to eat them. But where to get them safely?
Voting One Way, Eating Another
When Liz Coffey, 31, shops for herself and her husband, the Oakland, CA resident typically buys the cheapest eggs. That is, the ones from chickens raised on conventional farms. The...
If a French farmer is angry, you’re probably going to hear about it. And he’s gonna bring his sheep with him.
How to Preserve Urban Ag in the Bay Area
How to preserve and grow urban agriculture in the Bay Area.
An Organic Victory in Australia’s Brutal Milk Wars
An organic dairy farmer from down under finds a way to make a living in the midst of an ugly milk price war.
Wind Farms Stir Up a Cyclone of Controversy
Way down under in Tasmania, a bitter wind is blowing around a proposal to build the southern hemisphere's biggest wind farm on King Island, a small island located in the Bass Strai...
Obama’s Climate Change Speech: What It Means for Farmers
This afternoon President Barack Obama unequivocally put carbon pollution on notice. What does this mean for farmers?
Female workers face rape, harassment in U.S. agriculture industry
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: a deer sighting.
Suggested Solution
From the Archive
Share With Us
We want to hear from Modern Farmer readers who have thoughtful commentary, actionable solutions, or helpful ideas to share.
Submit