Food Archives - Modern Farmer
How to Be a Food Policy Advocate in Your Community 

It’s an election year in the United States, which means that national news outlets are... (more)

Elena Valeriote
April 2, 2024
What You Can Do About The Overwhelming Problem of Plastic Packaging

For most people on the planet, plastic has become inescapable. It’s also harmful to humans... (more)

Rose Garrett
March 6, 2024
A Bulk of Food Waste Happens at Home. Here’s How to Cut...

Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories,... (more)

Lena Beck
February 22, 2024
How to Turn Your Garden Into a Business, No Matter the Size

Stop me if this sounds familiar: You love your backyard garden, but because of the... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 24, 2023
How to Harvest Seaweed Sustainably

Think of harvesting seaweed like giving the plant a haircut, leaving the root so it... (more)

Amanda Swinimer
April 26, 2022
A Guide to Growing and Cooking All Kinds of Mushrooms

Go beyond the basic grocery varieties and give oyster, maitake, lion’s mane, enoki and other... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
March 19, 2022
6 Ways to Preserve Your Herbs

Elevate and extend your excess harvests of basil, thyme, rosemary, dill and other herbs to... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
October 16, 2021
How to Can Legumes

A preserving expert offers a guide to pressure canning beans, peas, lentils and more.

Angi Schneider
October 5, 2021
How to Preserve Your Own Flowers

Display your summer and fall blooms all year long.

Sophia F. Gottfried
September 25, 2021
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