The Wine of Wrath

For farm businesses with rigorous principles, Perpetual Purpose Trusts ensure your values are maintained even after you sell — or die.

When You Can’t Take It With You

The latest wave of avian influenza brought COVID-style modifications to the 2024 Pennsylvania Farm Show. 

Live Chick-Hatching in the Age of Plague

When Beth Hoffman and her husband moved from the Bay Area to farm sustainably in rural Iowa, they tried some things their neighbors had never seen. Did it ruffle any feathers?

What the Neighbors Think

Research and funding partners have now pulled support for the Darling line of transgenic trees, a significant setback for restoration plans.

A Lab Error Just Upended Years of Work on the GMO American Chestnut Tree 

“Fatwood” is a popular all-natural firestarter, created when broken old pine trees leave a resin-filled deposit behind. Is foraging enough to satisfy growing demand?

Light My Fire

“Phages” are predator viruses that efficiently destroy bacteria like E. coli and listeria. Globally they are used as a safe alternative to antibiotics — why not here?

A Viral Solution to Farming’s Antibiotic Addiction

Leasing land to hunters can be easy money for farmers — with enough ground rules in place.

Hunting in the Farm Fields

Scientists are trying to bring flavor back to the tomatoes sold in grocery stores. But how should they taste, exactly?

Do You Know How Tomatoes Taste?

Collagen is a cheap and abundant meat industry byproduct — so why is the supply chain so challenging?

Skin Is Tight

Swiss researchers have found a way to transform chicken feather waste into clean energy, but upending established industrial practices may prove difficult in the U.S.

Chicken Feathers Could Fuel the Future

The unlucky, unloved invasive lanternfly has one benefit: It’s leading to copious production of a new type of honey. 

The Unexpected Sweetness of the Spotted Lanternfly

Yoga is gaining ground in agriculture, even among traditional farmers who say it’s not for “people like them.”

Om on the Range

Our small but mighty team weighs in with their favorite stories of the year.

Our Favorite Stories of 2023

With alleged medicinal properties and a rich, creamy mouthfeel, camel dairy is topping 2024 food trend lists. But where will it come from?

Camel Milk in Every Store

On the strange work of a “climate advice columnist,” and the fallacy of consumer responsibility.

The Delusion of Eating for the Planet

Uncovering the mysteries of American farmland.

The Only Thing That Lasts

Pollinator advocates are vocal about the urgent need to restore our native bee populations — just don’t make them honeybees. 

The Right Bees

Thousands of miles from home, Somali refugees in rural Maine have begun to thrive thanks to a cooperative community farm.

Finding Liberation Through Farming

Many consumers, particularly in the organic market, still hold negative feelings on genetically modified foods. Should these feelings dictate public policy?

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