Modern Farmer’s harvest column, where we highlight what is seasonal, talk to the growers and share a recipe or two. This week: apples.
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Smashing Pumpkins: A Cultural History of a Halloween Tradition
How the wonton destruction of pumpkins became a Halloween tradition.
Meet the Man With a Gift for Growing Giant Pumpkins
Leonardo Urena grows pumpkins that rival Cinderella’s carriage in size, beets bigger than your ten-year-old’s head and gourds that stretch to over ten feet in length.
Making It Rain: A Timeline of Weather Control
Human cultures have long asked the skies for rain, but we’ve gotten scientific about it in the last 200 years.
We tell you what each USDA beef grade means, from prime to cutter meat, and how to cook it (or if you even should).
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: husking corn.
Have We Reached Peak Pumpkin Spice?
There is a growing backlash against pumpkin spice everything – but the public still slurps it up.
Old Time Farm Crime: The Hooch Farmers of Templeton
Templeton Rye was a red-hued whiskey that brought “fame and fortune” to the bootlegging farmers of the tiny town of Templeton during Prohibition.
