Jessica Eikleberry was 29 years old and had just read Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma. She wanted to start eating locally ...
Since the back-to-the-land movement of the ’60s, many dedicated land workers have championed the hard work of DIY, ...
When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long Island. “I used to pluck them ...
When Paula and Dale Boles took over Dale’s father’s farmland in North Carolina, they thought that poultry farming would be a good way to work the land ...
When Tanner Faaborg was growing up in Iowa, his family was fairly self-sufficient. But his parents knew they needed to add to their income if they wanted ...
In part one and part two of our series on transitioning out of factory farming, we heard from both farmers who have made or are making the transition, as ...
Last month, the job listings page for the American Climate Corps went live. The ACC is a new program developed by the Biden ...
At Modern Farmer, we know that stories are powerful motivators for action, and that action—at the individual, community, and public levels—is what will drive the change necessary to build a better ...