Category: Agriculture

How Market Access Africa Drives Investment into th...

Agriculture remains the backbone of Africa’s economy, employing over 60% of the continent’s workforce and contributing significant...

Namibia’s Entry into AfCFTA: A Catalyst for SADC A...

Recent developments in Namibia have garnered attention, with several local articles highlighting the country’s proactive steps und...

Blackened Shrimp Po Boy

Western Breakfast Tacos

Chicago Style Hot Dogs

Spring Side Salad with Goat Cheese & Citrus Vinaig...

Sesame Ginger Meatballs with Rice

New Non-UPF Verified food label doesn’t actually t...

If it’s not broken, don’t fix it, replicate it! The Non-GMO Project is embracing this phrase to once again mislead consumers, prom...

Yes, the U.S. Grows Enough Food to Feed Itself

Did you know that almost 40 percent of all food in the United States goes to waste? Food that is safe to eat, nutritious, and avai...

The Latest on the Federal Estate Tax

Benjamin Franklin famously said, “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” The Founding Father didn’t know it th...

Is Rollins delivering for family farmers? A report...

It goes without saying that farmers care about what happens in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Brooke Rollins had no problem g...

Assessing the new national policy on farm security

Brooke Rollins apparently heard that I gave her debut as secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture a mixed bag. No sooner wa...

Why Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Is Key t...

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Urban Farms Are Revolutionizing City Life, Here's ...

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Cultivating Brazil’s Agri-Culture: Technology, Col...

By Victoria Moura, Agritecture | Post–World Agri-Tech South America 2025 Recap

Shedding Light on Tomato Growth: Why Spectrum Matt...

  Tomatoes are solar-powered perfe...

From Concept to Reality: Rethinking Vertical Farms...

Growing and Grinding Your Own Wheat: A Beginner’s ...

Making flour on a small scale isn’t a common practice, but it’s possible. Join Briana Yablonski to learn how to grow and grind whe...

5 Benefits of Growing Shorter Corn

Short corn varieties are currently in development, changing the game for farmers. These smaller-stature plants offer several benef...

Success at the Farmers Market: 7 Vendor Tips

Selling at a farmers market can be a great way to move lots of produce, but it can also leave you with tables full of leftovers. J...

9 Disease-Resistant Vegetable Varieties You Should...

Summer means long days, busy gardens, and bumper crops, but it can also bring unwelcome diseases. Planting disease-resistant veget...

The Sweet Superfood You Should Be Growing

Sweet potatoes are nutritious, prolific, and handle the harshest conditions. Farmers benefit greatly from adding this resilient cr...

Europe’s Environmental Impact Disparity

Travel can be an eye-opening experience that grows our perspectives, and that’s one of the reasons I love doing it. I recently ret...

From Farm to Fork: How Isifarmer is Revolutionizin...

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Growing Sustainably: Essential Techniques for Eco-...

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City Planning for Food Security in the Face of Cli...

“My concern is that climate change is impacting agriculture and could well disrupt supply chains,” wrote Modern Farmer reader Taer...

On the Ground With Grocery Stores Changing the Way...

In Detroit, the grocery landscape is a story of struggle. In 2020, the number of Detroit residents identifying as food insecure re...

In Eastern North Carolina, Community Science Aims ...

Last January, Daisha Wall and CleanAIRE NC held a community meeting with residents in Sampson County, North Carolina. The meeting ...

Growing a Survival Garden: Ten Calorie-Dense Crops...

For most Americans, having a garden is a hobby. While you may enjoy the produce of your garden, the chance that most of your calor...

Spotlight On the Cyclists Feeding Their Community

Waiting at a busy intersection amid rush-hour traffic, a gang of nearly 20 cyclists in matching neon vests catches the eye. They l...

How Can Schools Integrate Agriculture Education In...

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Sustainable Food Systems: Aquaculture and Aquaponi...

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Ode to an Heirloom

At the apple orchard where I used to work, autumn’s encroaching frenzy had the most unassuming harbinger. One day in early August,...

A Pathway to Land Access for Farmers

Walking through the fields of Viva Farms in Washington State’s Skagit Valley, the smell of strawberries is strong in the air. The ...

Spotlight On a Community-Supported Fishery

It’s Thursday afternoon, and a steady stream of people are arriving at Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver B.C. to pick up grocery bags...

Un camino hacia el acceso a terrenos para los agri...

Traducido por Claudia Yaujar-Amaro, AB&C Bilingual Resources. This piece is also available in English. Caminando por los campos de...

The American Agriculture Industry is Making (a Lit...

Would you pay $50 for six pears? Luxury fruit—a longtime cultural staple in Asian markets—has finally made landfall in the US. Soc...

This Immersive Farm Apprenticeship is Training the...

Most July mornings, Charlotte Maffie rises with the alarm at 5:30 a.m., sleepily dons her “stinky, stinky chore clothes” and heads...

Mushroom Farming Thrives with Advanced Climate Con...

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Faces of the Farm Bill: Ya-Sin Shabazz

Interview collected and edited by Kelsey Betz Ya-Sin Shabazz Gulf Coast Sustainable Growers Alliance We started the Gulf Coast Sus...

Faces of the Farm Bill: Choctaw Tribal Members

Interviews collected and edited by Kelsey Betz Choctaw Tribal Members Choctaw Fresh Tomika Bell (Choctaw Fresh Produce distributio...

Faces of the Farm Bill: Umi Jenkins

Interview collected and edited by Kelsey Betz Umi Jenkins Director of Mississippi Farm to School Network Our work is centered a lo...

Ten Tips to Improve Your Garden Next Season

Late summer is here. If you’re like me, you’re probably seeing some great successes and great failures in your garden.   I’ve been...

Spotlight On a Network Aiming to Make Everyone a F...

Ali Ghiorse wants to transform our food system. A formidable goal, to be sure, but the former Bay Area chef is inspired by the yea...

Agriculture and Energy Future - Agrivoltaics

  Image source: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/4/3228 (a) Vertical PV system arr...

Spotlight On a Cannery Trying to Revive A Dormant ...

In the summer of 2010, the 135-year-old Stinson’s sardine cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine shuttered. “It was probably for good r...

Farmers Fought a Factory Farm and Won

Kendra Kimbirauskas and Starla Tillinghast are farmers who live in Scio, a small town in the rural Willamette Valley in Oregon. Ho...

Meet the Modern Farmer Cracking Cold Storage in th...

In Fairbanks, Alaska, a radio advertisement from a local heat products store, The Woodway, says, “Fall is winter’s two-minute warn...

Common Challenges in Strawberry Farming: A Beginne...

Strawberry is a member of the Rosaceae family, and its scientific name is Fragaria x ananassa. Strawberry farming is significant i...

Why Farmers Should Invest in Greenhouses

  Image source: Ekaterina Ershova from Pixabay August 13th, 2024             ...

Advice From Those Organizing Against Factory Farms

When Mary Dougherty first heard of the plan to build a 26,000-hog concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in her home of Bayf...

Fighting Factory Farms

The American food system relies heavily on industrial animal agriculture. Thousands or tens of thousands of animals packed into on...

The 1,000-Mile Journey of a Newborn Calf

Last August, members of Animals’ Angels drove behind a transport truck for 1,113 miles from Minnesota to New Mexico. Commissioned ...

New York is Suing One of the Country’s Largest Mea...

JBS USA is one of the largest meat processors in the world, self-reportedly generating 32 billion pounds of product each year. A f...

Opinion: Farm Forward’s Investigation Into Alexand...

Industrial-scale dairy wants you to believe that they can turn cows’ milk green. As US milk consumption continues its decades-long...

How Precision Ball Bearings Enhance Farm Machinery...

  Image source: https://znlbearings.com/precision-bearings-significance-in-precisio...

Inside a Slaughterhouse: The Human Cost of Your Me...

The work starts when I put my whites on. The long coat and apron are required by the federal health inspector, who shows up daily....

What a Trump or Harris Presidency Will Mean for Fa...

The American presidential campaign to many feels existential. The candidate who wins will guide (at minimum) the next four years o...

How to Find Global Buyers for Agriculture Products...

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Meet the Modern Chef and Forager Duo Bringing Snai...

They are large for snails, with fully grown shells reaching up to nearly 10 inches. And they’re pretty. Their shells are often spl...

Maximizing Yield in Ridge Gourd Farming: Best Prac...

Ridge Gourd, belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae, is a remarkable crop known for its versatility and health benefits. Its scient...

On the Ground With Apps Preventing Food Waste

Here’s food for thought: Between 30 percent and 40 percent of the annual food supply is wasted or lost in the US annually. It’s th...

The Role of Education in Fostering Climate Change ...

  Image source: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/the-world-is-taking-cli...

Stopping Ocean Plastics, One Mushroom Buoy at a Ti...

Today’s oceans are littered with plastics. Tiny microplastics, often invisible to the naked eye, swirl in our tidepools. Large pie...

On The Ground With Groups Creating Wildlife Corrid...

We are in the midst of the earth’s sixth extinction crisis, with one in five migratory species at risk of extinction. Much of the ...

Backyard and Urban Farming: How to Start—Whether Y...

The backyard and urban farming movement is becoming increasingly common in the Front Range area of Colorado and near many other ur...

How the Next Generation of Farmers is Getting Crea...

Check out our companion piece: How to Start a Backyard or Urban Farm—Whether You Own Land or Not As a renter millennial, I wanted ...

Vertical farming and social good

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Got Raw Milk?

Every morning, Amish farmer Amos Miller, who lives on 75 acres of land in Lancaster County, PA., gets up early to milk 43 Jersey c...

The Bounty Between the Tides

The day that I met Alanna Kieffer was spectacularly sunny with a gentle saline breeze—a rarity on the rainy Oregon coast. It was m...

Vins et Spiritueux Noirs: Bringing Canadian Excell...

PROMOTION A Taste of Canada for Discerning African Consumers Vins et Spiritueux Noirs takes pride in introducing a curated selecti...

The future of hospitality: On-site food production

An installation of a group of CultEvo inside of a manufacturing plant in Italy, used as p...

Harnessing Direct Air Capture (DAC) Technology for...

Image source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1029...

Spotlight On the Community Fridge and Pantry Growi...

When Yvonne Martinez shops for her weekly allotment of food from the Skyview Elementary and Middle School Pantry in Anaheim, Calif...

A Day in the Life of a Community Fridge

This photo essay is part of our series on Community Fridges. Photography by Emma Kazaryan. In February 2020, Thadeaus Umpster open...

On the Ground With the Volunteers Running Communit...

Hunger and food insecurity exist in every community in the US. Around 12.8 percent of US households experienced food insecurity in...

This Community Fridge is the Only One Left in Atla...

Out of respect for privacy, Modern Farmer is withholding the last names of several users of the community fridge.  In a span of le...

Community Fridges 101

So, you want to get involved in a community fridge, but you’re not sure where to start. You’ve come to the right place. Finding a ...

From Community, For Community: The Rise of the Fre...

Thadeaus Umpster hates waste. “There’s so much labor and effort that goes into growing and making good, healthy food, and a huge p...

Sustainable Agriculture with CRFs (Controlled Rele...

Nutrient management is the cornerstone of sustainable and successful farming practices. Plants need nutrients to grow and complete...

Urban Farms are a Lifeline for Food-Insecure Resid...

This article is part of a partnership between The Jersey Bee and Next City exploring segregation in Essex County, New Jersey, and ...

Who is Feeding America’s Farmworkers?

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Modern Farmer. Standing knee-deep in an emerald expanse, a row of trees off...

Prepare a Slice of Your Yard For a Pollinator Gard...

Last winter’s annual count of eastern monarch butterflies was the second-lowest on record. Many of the roughly 4,000 wild bee spec...

Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis walked up to the podium displaying a “Save Our Beef” poster — the logo designed as a parody of the W...

Potato Farmers Target Freshness with Cold Chain Te...

Lagos, Nigeria – The Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN) is taking center stage in the fight for fresher, longer-lasting...

Event Charts Course for Africa’s Agricultural Tran...

Lagos, Nigeria – A renewed focus on boosting agricultural productivity and market access dominated discussions at Market Access Af...

Africa Aims for Food Security and Global Market Sh...

Lagos, Nigeria – A wave of optimism is washing over Africa’s agricultural landscape. The recently concluded Market Access Africa 2...

Transforming Africa into a Net Food Exporter

Lagos, Nigeria  – At Market Access Africa 2024, Anil Nair, Managing Director of Olam Agri-Nigeria, presented a groundbreaking stra...

Public-Private Partnerships: The Secret Weapon in ...

Lagos, Nigeria – Africa’s agricultural revolution is gaining momentum, but success hinges on strong partnerships. At Market Access...

Deworming Schedule for Sheep: A Beginners Guide

Parasitic worms can have detrimental effects on sheep, leading to weight loss, poor growth, reduced wool quality, and even death i...

Government Support and Policies for ZBNF in India

Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is an agricultural practice that promotes chemical-free cultivation, emphasizing natural inputs...

Modi Vision for Indian Agriculture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for Indian agriculture is a testament to his commitment to sustainability and farmer empower...

Strawberry Nursery Establishment and Management

These beautiful and delicious fruits belong to the genus Fragaria × ananassa, which includes over 20 species of flowering plants i...

Organic Farming vs. Natural Farming (ZBNF): Key Pr...

Organic farming focuses on utilizing natural inputs and traditional farming methods to cultivate crops without synthetic chemicals...

Light Spectrum and Its Role in Calcium Nutrition —...

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Agrivoltaics: Doubling up Solar Energy With Crop P...

July 18, 2024                                                                                   ...

Rats With Wings, Vaccines, And New Breed—2024’s So...

Bird flu has held the world’s poultry industry in its unrelenting clutches before, causing catastrophic losses of more than 50 mil...

How Much Do You Really Need to Worry About Bird Fl...

This current strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, more commonly known as bird flu) is causing problems. It’s been de...

Young Farmers Cultivating Change

In June, Modern Farmer asked our community to tag exciting or inspiring young farmers. We received so many suggestions and wanted ...

Meet the Modern Trout Farmer Using Gravity to His ...

Ty Walker stands thigh-deep in clear, swift-flowing spring water, tearing fistfuls of overgrown watercress and aquatic grass from ...