Modern Farmer

How To Make Pumpkin Seed Miso Check out this delicious fall-inspired recipe from The Noma Guide to Fermentation.

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How To Make Butternut Squash Vinegar Take a look at The Novo Cookbook for more autumnal eats!

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How To Make Apple Kombucha René Redzepi and David Zilber talk us through how to make a delicious Fall kombucha.

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Fermenting Fascination: An Interview with Noma’s René Redzepi The famous foraging chef reveals new secrets in his book devoted to fermented foods.

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Up-cycle that salmon skin! From shrimp shells to pineapple leaves, these second-life products are breathing new life into refuse.

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Small Farms, Big Payoff A new breed of CEOs sees the value of investing in a homegrown future. Canadian billionaire Andre Desmarais’s farm may include works of art such as stained-glass windo...

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Should We Just Ban “Best By” Labels on Food? A UK supermarket chain vows to stop using them.

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Can Cities Produce Enough Food to Feed Their Citizens? Metropolitan areas may not seem like farming hubs. But they might surprise you.

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Meet the Woman Using Bitcoin Technology to Transform the Food Industry Bitcoin is the most well-known application of a technology known as “blockchain”. It turns out this novel approach to ...

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Meet the Modern Farmer: Tom Culton, Culton Organics Up close and personal with one of America’s most fascinating farmers.

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Agronomics: Turn your Soil into Paydirt Looking for a new way to drive more revenue to your operation? Consider renting out the farm—or the barn with short term farmstays.

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A New System Can Predict Crop Yields Better Than the USDA Better predictions are, well, better.

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Colombia’s Coca Production Is Growing, Despite Efforts The crop is larger than it’s ever been, and that’s bad news.

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Tom Chappell’s Ramblers Way knits Whether toothpaste or cardigans, Chappell is selling the idea that businesses should not exist just for the pursuit of profit.

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Federal Court Rules in Favor of North Carolina’s Farmworker Unions Farmworkers need unions more than ever.

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Travel: Carbondale, Colorado This 6,000-person town in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley is turning into a hot getaway spot for ranch-loving, beer-swilling weekenders.

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On Eating Animals A charismatic poultry farmer featured in the film Eating Animals dreams big to preserve endangered heritage chickens and turkeys on the Kansas prairie

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Get Your Garden Ready for Spring: A Checklist Take advantage of the late winter window to get your garden ready for an even more glorious spring.

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Winston of Willowick - America’s First Certified Therapeutic Rooster Like most 11-year-olds, Joey Bontempo desperately wanted a pet but was allergic to cats and dogs. Rather than disappoint h...

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Meet the Modern Farmers: David and Kim Bryant, Virginia Chestnuts This clever couple planted an orchard of chestnut trees that will support them well into their golden years

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