Agriculture

Bigg Riggs Farm in Alexandria, VA. Photo Credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This post is the first post in a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food...

The day that I met Alanna Kieffer was spectacularly sunny with a gentle saline breeze—a rarity on the rainy Oregon coast. It was my first visit to Cannon Beach, but...

Mississippi State University scientists are collaborating on a $6 million National Science Foundation research project to ensure sustainable soybean yields despite rising temperatures and increasing drought. Climate change significantly threatens...

There is an old joke about California being like an 800-pound gorilla in the room — it sits where it wants. Because of its geographic size and resources, massive population...

Courtesy of UC ANR News  UCCE scientists study feasibility of specialty crops for small urban growers The vacant lots around your neighborhood could be growing fruits and vegetables and making...

Derived from the root structure of mushrooms, mycelium provides a high-protein, fiber-rich food source that companies such as Meati Foods claim tastes similar to meat.  Founded in 2017, Meati Foods...

Vegetable production with grafted young plants originated in Japan and Korea as a way to avoid serious crop loss caused by soil-borne disease, aggravated by successive cropping. Which crops do...

As of July 2024, three proposals have been released on the 2024 Farm Bill – one in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate. This article is the...

United States Capitol building in Washington, DC. Photo credit: USDA. On July 11, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,...

Out of respect for privacy, Modern Farmer is withholding the last names of several users of the community fridge.  In a span of less than 10 minutes, no fewer than...