Farm Archives - Modern Farmer
‘Waste Wool’ is a Burden for Farmers. What if it Could be...

When Leanna Maksymiuk started keeping sheep at Lone Sequoia Ranch, her business in British Columbia,... (more)

Lena Beck
November 6, 2023
Meet the Alaskan Brewers Making Sustainable Beer in One of the World’s...

Marcy and Geoff Larson firmly believe that necessity is the mother of invention. “We live... (more)

Ruvani de Silva
May 5, 2023
Meet the Indigenous Engineer Upcycling Tequila Waste into Sustainable Housing

Oaxacan engineer Martha Jimenez Cardoso comes from a farming family. “For us, corn is like... (more)

Gia Mora
April 5, 2023
Meet the Hawai’i Farmer Turning Island Waste into a Composting Community

In 2007, Emiko Chantal Chung was asked to help plan a multi-million-dollar civic center on... (more)

Libby Leonard
March 30, 2023
Meet The Modern Farmers Creating Public Oyster Gardens

Picture yourself harvesting oysters you grew yourself, sharing them with friends and family. Sound dreamy?... (more)

Bridget Shirvell
February 9, 2023
New Solar Panels Allow Farmers to See the Light

Arable land is at an all-time premium. Since the last ice age, humans have cleared... (more)

Naoki Nitta
January 16, 2023
These Farmers and Ranchers Turn Trash Into Treasure

Conveyor belting, street sweeper brushes and other discarded materials are getting a second life on... (more)

Bridget Shirvell
May 23, 2022
Measuring the True Amount of Food Loss on Farms

A free new tool from the World Wildlife Fund helps farmers measure how much crop... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
May 13, 2022
The Visionaries Running a Worm Farm In Prison

Sustainability programs in prisons can benefit the environment, society and incarcerated people alike.

Christopher Blackwell with Nick Hacheney
February 3, 2022