Farm Archives - Modern Farmer
A Plastic Tsunami is Taking Over Farms. What Will Stop Plasticulture? 

Barry Friesen remembers the days when plastic wasn’t used on farms. “One of my first... (more)

Jennifer Cole
February 21, 2024
How to Evacuate Your Animals in an Emergency

When disaster strikes, be it a fire or flood, blizzard or hurricane, the best thing... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 30, 2024
Meet the Ranchers Trying to Restore Grasslands

Mickey Steward has worked hard to rehabilitate her ranch. But then, she’s had to. “You... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 20, 2024
When Not Farming is the Best Use of Land

Asking a farmer to “uncrop” their land is a big ask. There’s a lot at... (more)

Jennifer Cole
January 19, 2024
Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up

Aidee Guzman, 30, grew up the daughter of immigrants in California’s Central Valley, among massive... (more)

Breanna Draxler, YES! Magazine
January 10, 2024
In Search of Sustainable Fragrance

My contraption hisses and bubbles. I feel like a mad scientist. The air is filled... (more)

Melissa Julia
January 5, 2024
What Will Become of Rice?

In one of the greenhouses on the Lundberg Family Farms acreage in northern California, there... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 2, 2024
Meet the Taro Farmer Restoring an Ecosystem Through Native Hawaiian Practices

Sprouting deep within the verdant pleats of Oʻahu’s Koʻolau Mountains, Heʻeia stream winds through Kakoʻo... (more)

Naoki Nitta
December 15, 2023
The Solution to Water Woes Could Lie With Beavers

It’s late October and Jon Griggs, manager of Maggie Creek Ranch in Elko, Nevada, still... (more)

Roberta Staley
December 5, 2023
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