Here are some of the crops that are perfect for planting this month. Cantaloupe, watermelon, and honeydew (among many others) ...

With a focus on capturing water, improving soil, and including plants that bolster the ecology and health of those who foster ...

Milk myths didn’t stop with the Greeks, though. Ever since the first cow udders were yanked by human hands, the substance has invited inspection, suspicion, fear and desire. But these days, we milk ...

1. A shepherd’s life is most humble (the oldest profession) From the beginning of time, shepherds have been the proverbial “ditch diggers,” the down-trodden, the disrespected. Hence, even the angels ...

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.

“Mary Had a Little Lamb” is perhaps one of the most famous nursery rhymes in history. What’s less well known is the story behind the poem. There was indeed an actual Mary and she did actually have a ...

When Neil Patterson Jr. was about seven or eight years old, he saw a painting called “Gathering Chestnuts,” by Tonawanda Seneca artist Ernest Smith. Patterson didn’t realize that the painting showed a ...

In general, the primal pork cuts from the top of the pig (like the loin) are leaner and more tender than those from the bottom. But cooking the tougher cuts (like the shoulder and the hocks) low and ...

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) released a report last month documenting the causes and the consequences of the pork miracle. The story sounds simple: In the last few decades, ...

There are two images associated with the word compost. One is of a rotting, fly-infested cesspool of kitchen scraps that makes you gag if you get close. The other is rich, crumbly, pleasantly earthy ...

Summer is a time of light, fresh, mild, delicate squash. But the calendar now says November – nights are getting longer and the squash available at our farmers markets are getting bigger, tougher, ...