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Crop rotation just plain works. Since as far back as the Roman Empire farmers have known this. When crops are rotated, plant nutrition and yield improves, and farmers have more con...

At Juniper Ridge, it’s all about foraging deep in the woods for scents that’ll transport you into the wilderness.

If a sheep is left unshorn, will its wool grow forever? Is that healthy? Is this a glitch in the (wooly) fabric of evolution?

While it's still a small market, pastured poultry -- a method of raising poultry on open pastureland -- has flourished in recent years as consumer demand for humanely-raised, antib...

In a quest to eliminate gestation crates, researches believe they’ve cracked the code that may make open pens a widespread reality for swine across the country.

"Everyday there's another story about people not understanding the basics of food,” said Livermore.

Hello! My name's Eugénie. I'm a photographer from Portland, Ore., currently on the road in the great Northwest. I've just wrapped an artist's residency at the Tofino Botanical Gar...

The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: the circus comes to town.

Dear Modern Farmer, I’ve started to notice these little spots on the side of my apples, and a crumbling red-brown gooey substance coming out of them. What’s the deal?