Modern Farmer

Crop Diversity Benefits: Why Variety is Key to Sustaina...

Increasing the number of crops you grow does more than provide you with a divers...

Lower Your Grocery Costs With These 7 Easy-to-Grow Crops

Whether you have a small yard or a large patch of land, you can grow some of you...

Vertical Farming: How to Produce More Food on Less Land

If you’re working with limited growing space and want to produce more food, you ...

Spring Planting and Soil Compaction: 5 Management Tips

Spring soil compaction can decrease water infiltration and limit plant growth. J...

Repurposing Urban Spaces for Farming: 7 Creative Ideas

Gone are the days when farming meant living miles away from the city center. Wit...

This Gardener Gets Tomato Harvests Year-Round With This...

Can’t get enough of fresh tomatoes? Take what one gardener has learned and disco...

This Apprenticeship Helps Spanish Speakers Get Grazing

Note: Due to political concerns around immigration, some apprentices spoke with ...

How Native Water Protectors Champion Water Quality

Leanna Goose grew up ricing manoomin (wild rice) as a member of the Leech Lake B...

How to Care for Your Garden in Unpredictable Weather

Tulips sprouting a month early after a warm spell. Drought-resilient plants soak...

In Hawai‘i, American Farmers Believe They Do Cacao Better

On the rainy side of Hawai‘i Island, Daeus Bencomo steps through fresh mud in hi...

Spotlight On an Urban Farm Helping Refugees and Immigra...

In a green oasis, set amid the freeways and malls of San Diego’s Mission Valley,...

On the Ground with Organizations Uplifting BIPOC Farmers

Leslie Woodward was in a real pickle. She’d temporarily closed Edenesque, her ne...

What Do Fish, Butterflies, and Bats Have to Do With Booze?

On January 9th, the Instagram account @anytimespritz posted a declaration: “2025...

How to Choose the Right Backyard Bird

In recent years, the desire to grow or produce one’s own food has become increas...

A Washington Cohousing Project Could Help Preserve Farm...

It’s a rare sunny day in January, and about a dozen people gather on a farm in S...

Why Are Restaurants Selling Beef From Dairy Cows?

The American barbecue brisket that popped up on the menu at NYC bistro ACRU was ...

Biodynamic Farms Are One Thing. What About Biodynamic B...

For decades after the concept of biodynamic farming was introduced in 1924, ther...

On the Ground with Grocery Stores Ditching Plastic

Lea Rainey knew that if all the plastic encasing the food she was buying at the ...

Top 10 Farming Redefined Stories of 2024

There’s a lot going on in farming these days. Some farmers are looking at succes...

As Foodborne Illnesses Sicken Tens of Millions Each Yea...

The Food and Drug Administration has not performed its legally required number o...

Ready to Garden? Start Here

Starting a garden can be a big step. Knowing what to plant, when, and how–that t...

Why One Group is Suing the Government Over Malathion, a...

Malathion, a commonly used pesticide for both agricultural use and home gardenin...

Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

This story was originally published by Reasons to be Cheerful, and is reprinted ...

Opinion: A More Resilient Food System Starts at the Com...

It’s time to look beyond the Farm Bill.    The Farm Bill, passed once every five...

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