Farm Archives - Modern Farmer
This Farmworker Collective is Organizing For ‘Milk With Dignity’ and More

Enrique Balcazar remembers the disillusionment he felt the day he arrived in Vermont from Mexico... (more)

Mickal Aranha
September 11, 2023
The Farmers Market, Delivered

In the age of DoorDash and Instacart, the concept of getting groceries delivered to your... (more)

Lena Beck
September 5, 2023
‘An Insane Amount of Water’: What Climate Change Means For California’s Biggest...

For Joseph Goni, a fourth-generation dairy farmer in Tulare County, California, the region’s historic floods... (more)

Naoki Nitta
July 10, 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
Sustainable Farmers See Promise in New Financing Options

Dharma Lea, a regenerative grass-fed dairy farm in New York, is operated by Phyllis and... (more)

Anne N. Connor
February 28, 2023
Opinion: Feeding Insects to Cows Could Make Meat and Dairy More Sustainable

Feeding insects instead of grain to animals is an inexpensive, sustainable way to increase the... (more)

Merritt Drewery
July 6, 2022
Meet the Modern Farmer Turning Manure Into Water

Why one Texas dairy farmer is going all in on cow waste.

Emily Baron Cadloff
June 18, 2022
Can Biodigesters Save America’s Small Dairy Farms?

The sustainable technology presents an opportunity to turn cow manure and food waste into renewable... (more)

Anne N. Connor
May 16, 2022
Can the Northeast’s Organic Dairy Farms Be Saved?

More than 100 organic dairy farms abruptly lost their contracts last year. Six months later,... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
April 4, 2022
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