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Meet the Farmer Who Pivoted in Her Fifties From a Law Firm...

Tami Purdue didn’t grow up on a farm or have a background in growing food.... (more)

Lauren David
February 16, 2024
Three Takeaways from the USDA Census of Agriculture

Across the country, the US has lost both farms and farmland, according to the latest... (more)

Modern Farmer
February 14, 2024
Why We Can’t Get Mexico’s Butter Avocados in the US

When I saw the local avocados in the Mexican state of Yucatan, a hot, humid... (more)

Ashlen Wilder
February 9, 2024
Hot? Hungry? Step Inside These Food Forests

Below the red-tile roofs of the Catalina Foothills, an affluent area on the north end... (more)

Max Graham, Grist
February 1, 2024
How Will New Work Requirements for SNAP Benefits Affect Food Insecurity, Employment?

As policymakers in DC have continued to negotiate compromises to fund the federal government—and craft... (more)

Nhatt Nichols, The Daily Yonder
January 29, 2024
Can Milk Be Climate-Neutral?

It’s a dietary staple—beloved in a morning latte, the ingredient that makes mashed potatoes oh... (more)

Bridget Shirvell
January 25, 2024
What It Takes to Feed the Community in the Polar Bear Capital...

The sub-arctic community of Churchill, Manitoba, located on the western shores of the Hudson Bay,... (more)

Trina Moyles
January 17, 2024
What Will Become of Rice?

In one of the greenhouses on the Lundberg Family Farms acreage in northern California, there... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 2, 2024
Tell Us: What Should Modern Farmer Cover in 2024?

We at Modern Farmer are looking ahead to a whole new year of stories and... (more)

Modern Farmer
December 29, 2023