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Who’s To Take Over the Family Farm?

Back in March, we posed a question to Modern Farmer readers: Who will take over... (more)

Modern Farmer
June 13, 2023
In California, Climate Change Fuels Disasters—and a Push For More Farmworker Protections

For the past two years, farmworkers in California’s Sonoma County have been advocating for stronger... (more)

Will Carruthers
June 13, 2023
Facing High Fertilizer Costs, Farmers Still Struggle to Use Less

As a young boy in the late 1950s, Frank Glenn knew the soft, freshly-tilled brown... (more)

Bailey Becker, Columbia Missourian
June 6, 2023
Fertilizer Companies Cash in While Farmers and Communities Struggle

On a small vegetable farm in Georgia, Shad Dasher used to grow watermelons every year. ... (more)

Noah Zahn, Columbia Missourian
June 6, 2023
At Last, States Reach a Colorado River Deal: Pay Farmers Not to...

This story was originally published by Grist. You can sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter... (more)

Jake Bittle, Grist
May 25, 2023
This Farm School’s Primary Crop is Students

The chilly March rain doesn’t bother Kevin Holton. He traverses the fields, pulling errant weeds... (more)

Carrie Honaker
May 23, 2023
For Urban Farmers, Community Organizing Can Be Key to Easing Zoning Constraints

When a vacant lot next to Doug Adams’ childhood home in Prince George’s County, Maryland... (more)

Bridget Shirvell
May 9, 2023
Colorado Becomes First State with Right-to-Repair Law

Last week, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed the aptly named Consumer Right to Repair Agricultural... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
May 4, 2023
Solar Projects on Farmland Meet Community Opposition in the Midwest

When an energy company proposed a 175-megawatt solar array in Greene County, Ohio last year,... (more)

Patrick Cooley
April 20, 2023