Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only 330 million people, the U.S. agriculture ...

Modern Farmer is a non-profit publication made possible by generous support from Food Intelligence, a Canadian charity that ...

The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waking up in her burrow on a mid-September ...

It’s time to look beyond the Farm Bill.  The Farm Bill, passed once every five years, is the most important piece of federal ...

Novelist Paula Whyman wanted to leave her city life and find an acre or two of rural pasture to explore. Instead, she found herself trying to restore 200 acres of farmland on a Virginia mountain top.

Modern Farmer is a non-profit publication made possible by generous support from Food Intelligence, a Canadian charity that ...

Modern Farmer is a non-profit publication made possible by generous support from Food Intelligence, a Canadian charity that ...

Starting a garden can be a big step. Knowing what to plant, when, and how–that takes time. And what if you want to branch out, and start raising animals? The learning curve is steep. That’s where we ...

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. While doing so, each unknowingly ...