Farm Confessional: I Slaughtered an Animal I Truly Loved
One writer shares her struggle to put down the one farm animal she never planned on butchering.
A New Start-Up Hopes to Develop Faster-Growing Crops”Without Genetic Modification
Beneficial microbes are the key.
Chef Hugh Acheson is on a Mission to Save Home Economics
The restaurateur and cookbook author has hatched a plan to change the way schools teach life skills to kids.
Meet Modern Farmer’s Guest Instagrammer: PepperHarrow Farm
Say hello to PepperHarrow Farm, in Winterset, Iowa. They’ll be taking over our Instagram account this weekend!
Illegal California Marijuana Farms Are Killing Adorable Mammals
Who will save our beloved teddy bear weasel type forest creatures?
Foraging is the New Black: How to Forage for Food this Fall
Fatten up on nature’s pantry before the winter slumber: Here are 10 wild foods to harvest now.
The Weird History of Dancing Chickens at Amusement Parks
In the early 1980s, while visiting cousins in Minnesota, my family spent a day at the Paul Bunyan Amusement Center, then located in Baxter. The park featured a variety of rides and a giant animated statue of Paul Bunyan who greeted each child by name. (I have to say it was a bit of an unnerving experience for a 10-year-old.)
Should an Oyster Farm be Wilderness or Aquaculture? Q&A with Author Summer Brennan
Battle lines in the Point Reyes community were drawn and dug deep. Friends argued with neighbors: Let the oyster farm be! Get agriculture out of the park! Lobbyists slung public re...
