Food Archives - Modern Farmer
Using a Food’s Unique Fingerprint to Detect Fraud

Let’s say there’s a food you suspect isn’t quite as advertised. Maybe that cheese that’s... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
October 10, 2023
Harvesting Shellfish? Get the App

Jeff Harrison has been a waterman for just shy of five decades. Based in Maryland,... (more)

Lena Beck
September 28, 2023
New Treatments for Citrus Greening Have Passed Initial Testing

Citrus greening, a disease with no cure, has torn through citrus groves in Florida, Louisiana,... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
September 14, 2023
It’s Alive! The Debate Over Lab-Grown Chicken

Josh Tetrick swears he’d have another job if only all poultry producers farmed thoughtfully and... (more)

Jason Langendorf
August 21, 2023
Italy’s Ban on Cultured Meat Raises Questions About Innovation Versus Tradition

Cultured meat. Cultivated meat. Clean meat. Synthetic meat. Lab-grown meat. Frankenmeat. These are just a... (more)

Elena Valeriote
May 18, 2023
Meet the Alaskan Brewers Making Sustainable Beer in One of the World’s...

Marcy and Geoff Larson firmly believe that necessity is the mother of invention. “We live... (more)

Ruvani de Silva
May 5, 2023
How Solar-Powered Refrigerators Could Cool Down Climate Change

Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside... (more)

Abay Yimere
January 21, 2023
Grain Farming Goes Indoors

Vertical farms have had successes producing fresh greens and herbs, tomatoes and strawberries—all necessary and... (more)

Miranda Lipton
January 6, 2023
Can Technology Make Colorado’s Peaches Even Juicier?

Every spring, when he was growing up in northern Greece, Ioannis Minas would look out... (more)

Daliah Singer
December 22, 2022
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