Melissa Schneider didn’t set out to become a shepherdess. She left Los Angeles looking for something quieter. A life with a slower rhythm, a life closer to the ground. What she found on her Maine farm ...

Succession sowing is a practice that farmers and small gardeners both can appreciate. The result is multiple harvests over the entire season. This gives growers the option to split the yields, with ...

They’ve become quite the media darlings, and the story of these amiable porkers makes the rounds every so often. They even inspired a children’s book, The Secret of Pig’s Island, by Jennifer R. Nolan, ...

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There are five key rules to follow when making bourbon whiskey. First, it must be distilled in the United States, and it must be a grain mixture with at least 51 percent corn mash. There can be no ...

From 2014 to 2021, Minnesota farmer James Wolf raised organic soybeans, corn and wheat, selling the grains to farmers across the midwest, both for seed and animal feed. Selling organic grain allowed ...

From behind the driving wheel of his pickup truck, Don Guinnip turned the ignition key, flipped on the A/C and immediately rolled down the windows. The sticky, midsummer air barely budged even as cool ...

In the produce section of the IGA grocery store in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, a TV monitor shows customers, in real time, the roof of the store and farmers harvesting cucumbers that within an hour will be ...

Fruits, herbs, and vegetables get all the attention among gardeners. Backyard poultry and goats provide eggs and dairy (and perhaps meat) for some, but what about the staple foods? Wheat, oats, millet ...

Regenerative practices on farmland are not new. They have been carried out by people across the world for centuries. One important aspect of maintaining a regenerative agricultural system is nutrient ...

Last spring, Christopher Knight became a media sensation. According to news accounts, the 47-year-old man had walked into the Maine woods at the age of 19 and never come out. He told authorities he ...

But the oddest part of the encounter? At NASA HQ, this type of thing happens all the time. When Modern Farmer visited KSC for our story on space farming, we overheard some weird water-cooler talk.