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Syntropic Agriculture Boosts Soil Vitality Using the Wisdom of the Forest

It’s almost 8 a.m. on a Monday morning in San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, and in spite... (more)

Lauren Rothman
May 3, 2023
For Years, Farmers Milked Cows by Hand. Now Robots and Technology Do...

Chad Kieffer, a third-generation farmer from Utica, Minnesota, has five milkers for his herd of... (more)

Ethan Humble, Investigate Midwest
May 2, 2023
Meet the Trans Dairy Farmer Who Wants to Be the Role Model...

Before he became a farmer, Lee Hennessy was searching for a career that would make... (more)

Marin Scotten
April 21, 2023
Solar Projects on Farmland Meet Community Opposition in the Midwest

When an energy company proposed a 175-megawatt solar array in Greene County, Ohio last year,... (more)

Patrick Cooley
April 20, 2023
Electric Tractors are Rolling Out in the Field. Here’s What That Could...

A quiet revolution is rolling across American farms—and it’s so hushed that you may have... (more)

Naoki Nitta
April 10, 2023
Demystifying the US Farm Bill

How our food is grown, who has access to it and at what cost are... (more)

Miranda Lipton
April 7, 2023
Can the Heat from Running Computers Help Grow Our Food? It’s Complicated.

Digital technologies are changing how food is produced. And it’s more than harvesting robots that... (more)

Janna Frenzel and Sarah-Louise Ruder, The Conversation
March 31, 2023
Meet the Hawai’i Farmer Turning Island Waste into a Composting Community

In 2007, Emiko Chantal Chung was asked to help plan a multi-million-dollar civic center on... (more)

Libby Leonard
March 30, 2023
The Lambing Field

It’s midnight in the lambing field. In the darkness, we only see shapes; we notice... (more)

Frances Valdes
March 26, 2023
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