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Order Your Chicken Rare: Nearly Lost Breeds Make a Comeback
In 2007, Paul Bradshaw was scouring farming blogs when he noticed something funny: people wanted chickens. But not just any chickens.
Floods Soak Farms Around the Globe
Little time has passed since farm headlines were dominated by drought and water shortage. Now, farmers across the country and the world are grappling with the reverse problem: floo...
What They’re Saying on Chinese Social Media About Smithfield
What does the Chinese public think of the deal with Smithfield, America’s largest pork producer?
Our continuing round-up of exciting agriculture-related crowdfunding projects.
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: entertaining guests.
Ben & Jerry’s announced it will stop using genetically-modified ingredients in its ice cream by 2014.
Dear Modern Farmer: Did I Dig All Wrong?
Dear Modern Farmer, I feel like a soil criminal. I dug up my beds when the soil was too wet. How screwed am I?
Turkey Slaughtering Is the New Book Club
Marnie Jackson traded in her urban life for a rural one in Marin, CA. Now she’s the founder of West Marin’s new Homesteader Group and says she’d rather slit birds’ necks than get her nails done.
The Week in Farm Crime: Missing Minks, Cattle Rustling in India, and More
Modern Farmer’s semi-irregular look at agricultural malfeasance from around the world.
