City Planning for Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
“My concern is that climate change is impacting agriculture and could well disrupt supply chains,” wrote Modern Farmer reader Taera Shuldberg. Shuldberg’s town of Sierra...
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Ceremonial Grade Cacao is Ceremony’s Subversion
In 2014, during a short stay on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, walking along a dirt road, I came across a poster for an...
Loiter: East Cleveland Fights for Food Power in a Harsh Climate
Ismail Samad is no stranger to hospitality. The East Cleveland, Ohio, native began his first foray into restaurant co-ownership at the age of 23, and...
The Transition Away From Factory Farming
Mercy for Animals president and CEO Leah Garcés has been an animal rights advocate fighting the factory farming system for more than two decades. But...
Transfarmation: The Movement to Free Us From Factory Farming
This excerpt has been edited for length. Transfarmation: The Movement to Free Us From Factory Farming, is available for purchase now. In the spring of...
On the Ground with Grocery Stores Redefining How Local Food is Produced
In the produce section of the IGA grocery store in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, a TV monitor shows customers, in real time, the roof of the store...
The Never-ending SNAP Debate Risks Stalling Another Farm Bill
Across the country, Americans are feeling the effects of inflation and rising costs of food, a pressing issue that’s been at the forefront of this...
Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem
This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group. The...
The American Agriculture Industry is Making (a Little) Room for Luxury Fruit
Would you pay $50 for six pears? Luxury fruit—a longtime cultural staple in Asian markets—has finally made landfall in the US. Social media influencers are...
Un camino hacia el acceso a terrenos para los agricultores
Traducido por Claudia Yaujar-Amaro, AB&C Bilingual Resources. This piece is also available in English. Caminando por los campos de Viva Farms en el valle de Skagit,...