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This Worm Is Genetically Engineered to Spin Spider Silk
If you always thought it would be a great idea to breed silkworms that produced spider silk, it turns out you weren’t the first.
Deep-Fried and Dutch: 5 Foods to Burst Your Arteries
A few deep-fried dutch delicacies.
How Did LSD Find Its Way Into This Family’s Walmart Steaks?
Months after the poisoning, the authorities have finished their investigation, and what they found — or didn’t find, more accurately — is a little scary.
Meet Modern Farmer’s Guest Instagrammer: Copia Farm
We are Copia Farm, a 40-acre regenerative farm near Columbus, Ohio. We work off a permaculture design growing vegetables, cut flowers, log grown shiitake mushrooms, fruit, laying hens and hogs. We work to integrate the plant and animal system on the farm. This week, as we get ready for the quickly approaching winter, we are taking over the Modern Farmer Instagram.
Meet The Modern Farmers: Franz Francois
Francois (who goes by Blan) and partner Daniel Tillias founded Jaden Tap Tap, a community garden in the heart of the neighborhood. Anyone who works on the farm can help themselves ...
Meet The Modern Farmers: Young Ha
These three men quit their tech jobs to start growing vegetables in a recycled shipping container.
Meet The Modern Farmer: Mauro Valli
A farmer who is also a classical cellist.
Sven Sachsalber, an Italian artist who lives in New York City, is known for playful conceptual art, like sitting in a tree and sawing it apart while still in it, or filming himself...
McDonald’s Refuses To Buy GM Potatoes For Its Fries
An unusual stand for the global burger champ: no genetically modified potatoes, not even from the company’s biggest potato supplier.
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