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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.
In Fallon, Nevada, two local farmers capitalize on the growing market for gluten-free products with teff, an ancient cereal grass from North Africa.
Master the Maize: The Increasingly Big Business of Corn Mazes
For customers, corn mazes are a lark. For farmers, they’re incredibly hard work and potentially big business that has grown increasingly sophisticated.
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: a letter from Bill.
Bill Clinton Talks Global Agriculture
When people think of America’s former president, farming isn’t usually the first thing that comes to mind. But the philanthropist sees global agriculture as containing some of the biggest issues of our time, namely, food security and feeding the planet. We talk to Clinton about all that, and his Great-Uncle Buddy.
Want to Raise Crop Yields by 2.5 Billion Tons? Give Land a Break
A new report offers staggering numbers on how to fix land degradation.
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