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 ...

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface ...

The Food and Drug Administration has not performed its legally required number of food safety inspections each year since ...

Modern Farmer is a non-profit publication made possible by generous support from Food Intelligence, a Canadian charity that enhances awareness and education about key issues related to food and ...

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

This year, we brought you many stories of people connecting with their food, and examining how they consume it. From looking at the true cost of eating meat, to reckoning with just how much plastic we ...

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 ...

This story was originally published by Reasons to be Cheerful, and is reprinted with permission. When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his ...