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In Granger, Indiana, Crossfit 061's members place orders at a nearby farm, delivered to the gym once a week. CrossFit Blacksburg in Blacksburg, Virginia has a retail shop with eggs...
Tasty Testes: On Eating Rocky Mountain Oysters
Bull testicles have been consumed by ranchers for centuries, so one Modern Farmer writer tucks into a plateful at home.
Guarded but Growing: A Farmcentric Tour of the Korean DMZ
We never expected that our tour of the DMZ, the most heavily militarized border in the world, would feature farming, rice paddies, wildlife, ginseng, biodynamic wine, and well-paid farmers:but that’s exactly what happened.
Old Time Farm Crime: The Embalmed Beef Scandal of 1898
They say the beef smelled like an embalmed dead body. By the end of the scandal, it would irrevocably change how Americans dealt with their food.
Modern Farmer visits Michelle Bolt and her miniature livestock at Tanglewood Farm in northern Georgia.
Crystal Bay Farm in Watsonville, California, is sandwiched between two national parks along the coast of Monterey Bay. Farmer Jeff Fiorovich says you can see the ocean from the far...
Lucky for marketing-shy farmers, in recent years a new tool has cropped up to make life easier: online food hubs.
The U.S. Is Farming More Fish than Ever (But Nowhere Near What China Does)
Numbers from N.O.A.A. make one fact abundantly clear: When it comes to aquaculture, the U.S. remains a tiny fish in an growing Asian pond.
Made in Portland: The $110 Cologne for Cows
A mother cow tracks her calves by scent, and will grow anxious if separated. Smell is the main love currency between bulls and their mates. And cows have proven skittish about the ...
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