Lea Rainey knew that if all the plastic encasing the food she was buying at the grocery store was her pet peeve, other people ...

Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only 330 million people, the U.S. agriculture ...

The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waking up in her burrow on a mid-September ...

Years ago, author Paula Whyman left her DC-area home in search of a rural spot, hoping to get back to nature. What she found ...

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

Novelist Paula Whyman wanted to leave her city life and find an acre or two of rural pasture to explore. Instead, she found ...

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 ...

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. While doing so, each unknowingly ...