The farm-to-table movement has come a long way from its early days of simple local sourcing. Today, it’s not just a tre ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X You don’t need attached acreage to enjoy the honest design of farm living. While the mauve ruffles ...

This week, I received an email from a reader in response to last week’s column on three ways to grow agriculture advocacy. The opening line of the email said: “Does that mean you don't want to hear ...

Aside from the obvious savings when you harvest and plant your own seed, you also preserve the seeds that performed best in ...

At Food Farm in northern Minnesota, Janaki Fisher-Merritt is getting back to his roots. This second-generation farmer is putting a modern twist on an old-fashioned idea that could help scale up the ...

Modern Farmer: Could you tell us a little about Zweber Farms? Emily Zweber: Zweber Farms was established in 1906, by my husband Tim’s great grandfather. Tim is the fourth generation to farm it. I have ...

The Farm from a Box contains everything needed to run a small, off-the-grid farm: solar panels for power, water filtration equipment, pumps for irrigation, and decent tools. There’s even an on-board ...

Summertime on the farm is in full effect. We seem to awaken a bit earlier with the sun to accomplish tasks before the heat of the day sets in. We also seem to go to bed much later to take advantage of ...

If you wanted to produce food at the lowest cost to the environment, what methods would you use? Would you select modern farming methods (large-scale, specialized, mechanized and increasingly digital) ...

Brian Halweil and Dani Nierenberg are researchers at the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C The spread of mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth across Europe shows that no country is immune to the ...