News Archives - Modern Farmer
States Want to Put More Local Food on School Lunch Trays. What...

In Utah, kids moving through the school cafeteria line at lunchtime can come across the... (more)

Lena Beck
September 22, 2023
Kill Pen Scammers are Preying on Horse Lovers

Crystal Kraft first saw Nacho, a sturdy golden chestnut Halfinger with a flaxen mane, on... (more)

Sara Ventiera
July 17, 2023
Farm Groups Urge Legislators to Allow Changes to the Packers and Stockyards...

More than 100 farmer, rancher, consumer and labor organizations are pleading with the US House... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
June 17, 2023
Fertilizer Companies Cash in While Farmers and Communities Struggle

On a small vegetable farm in Georgia, Shad Dasher used to grow watermelons every year. ... (more)

Noah Zahn, Columbia Missourian
June 6, 2023
At Last, States Reach a Colorado River Deal: Pay Farmers Not to...

This story was originally published by Grist. You can sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter... (more)

Jake Bittle, Grist
May 25, 2023
California’s ‘Local Food Producers’ Hope Proposed New Label Will Boost Support 

Despite offices being closed, Sundays are the busiest day of the week at the Marin... (more)

Naoki Nitta
May 19, 2023
Supreme Court’s Ruling on Humane Treatment of Pigs Could Catalyze a Wave...

Should California be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals raised in other... (more)

David Favre, The Conversation
May 16, 2023
‘There Is No Safety At All.’ Living and Farming in a War...

When Ihor Mistiuk learned of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb 23, 2022, he... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
May 15, 2023
Colorado Becomes First State with Right-to-Repair Law

Last week, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed the aptly named Consumer Right to Repair Agricultural... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
May 4, 2023
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