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Goat Week ended last Friday, and we're finally ready to celebrate other animals again. All thanks to the Library of Congress, for giving us a bumper crop of vintage farm horses doi...
From Factory Farm to Organic Icon: Inside White Oak Pastures
A look at one of America’s most interesting farms.
Beyond ‘Harvest Moon’: Farmers Tell Us What They’re Listening to in the Fields
What are farmers listening to this fall?
Farmivore: Going Grass-Fed, Profits Be Damned
Grass-fed beef is environmentally friendly, fairly rare and neither the price nor the taste appeal to many Americans, raised on marbled, corn-fed steaks. What’s a sustainably-minded restaurant to do?
Delicata Squash: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butternut
Try delicata, an heirloom squash experiencing a dramatic revival thanks to the richer flavor and softer skin of a productive variety that first hit seed markets about a decade ago.
Modern Farmer Celebrity Vegetable Chart
Why Lena Dunham is like cilantro, Gwyneth Paltrow is like kale, and James Franco is like corn: it’s our our celebrity veg chart.
Welcome to Modern Farmer’s new harvest column, in which we highlight what is seasonal, talk to those who grow it, and share a recipe (or two). We start with one of our favorites, tomatoes.
