After the Tornado, Farm Cleanup Can Take Years
When an EF4-strength tornado hit Northern Kentucky last year, a horrific piece of debris landed on Dave and Regena List’s dairy farm: a massive dump truck, and its dead driver.
The sight of animals in advertisements, gleefully licking their lips or holding a bone aloft or generally seeming hungry, is easy to miss.
Farmivore: Ice Cream of the Crop
The Penny Ice Creamery in Santa Cruz jumps through crazy regulatory hoops to make their own ice cream base, all in search of the perfect scoop.
The always entertaining goats of Maple Crest Farm show off their best moves for Modern Farmer.
What American Hog Farmers Think of the Smithfield Deal
With a Chinese company poised to buy America’s largets pork producer, we talked to hog farmers across the country to get their reaction.
How Bees Fight Strawberry Mold and Landmines
From fighting strawberry mold to finding landmines, bees are good for way more than honey.
Order Your Chicken Rare: Nearly Lost Breeds Make a Comeback
In 2007, Paul Bradshaw was scouring farming blogs when he noticed something funny: people wanted chickens. But not just any chickens.
Floods Soak Farms Around the Globe
Little time has passed since farm headlines were dominated by drought and water shortage. Now, farmers across the country and the world are grappling with the reverse problem: floo...
What They’re Saying on Chinese Social Media About Smithfield
What does the Chinese public think of the deal with Smithfield, America’s largest pork producer?
