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A history of the famous potato that flew around your room.

As rapper Rick Ross’ much-vined catchphrase “shoutout to all the pear” goes viral, how will the U.S. pear industry be affected?

Before Tinder, there were pie suppers.

China can now process and re-export American chickens. Not everyone is too happy about it.

A group of Hawaiian conservationists are using Instagram to tie observations of the natural world to the traditional lunar calendar

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.

A few deep-fried dutch delicacies.

Months after the poisoning, the authorities have finished their investigation, and what they found — or didn’t find, more accurately — is a little scary.

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.