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Dirty Birds: Does Pastured Poultry Mean More Pathogens?

While it’s still a small market, pastured poultry — a method of raising poultry on... (more)

Andre Gallant
July 24, 2013
Pig Tech: Improving Pork’s Future

In a quest to eliminate gestation crates, researches believe they've cracked the code that may... (more)

Gloria Dawson
July 23, 2013
Dear Modern Farmer: What In the Name of God Is Happening to...

Dear Modern Farmer, I've started to notice these little spots on the side of my... (more)

Manjula and Orin Martin
July 22, 2013
Has Industrial Meat Changed?

Chances are if you learned about gestation crates or antibiotic use in industrially raised animals... (more)

Gloria Dawson
July 19, 2013
Pigweed in the Cotton: A ‘Superweed’ Invades Georgia

Stanley Culpepper has spent most of the last decade fighting a monster. In 2004, a... (more)

Andre Gallant
July 18, 2013
5 Public Libraries That Have Gone to Seed (Libraries)

Seed libraries lend seeds similarly to the way public libraries lend books: members take out... (more)

Gloria Dawson
July 17, 2013
Dear Modern Farmer: Will My Chicken Coop Be Legal?

Dear Modern Farmer, I’m ready to take the plunge and buy some chickens. But how... (more)

Kristen Ploetz
July 17, 2013
Why Lettuce Keeps Making Us Sick

When it comes to beef and poultry, pathogens like salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 can... (more)

Andre Gallant
July 16, 2013
How to Build a Straw Bale Garden

Garden dirt no good? Just don't have dirt, period? Here's how to build a straw... (more)

Nicole Cotroneo Jolly
July 16, 2013