Modern Farmer

JULY 4, 2024

Graeme Foers Lost Meadows Apiaries & Meadery Location: Essa Township, Ontario, Canada Age: 33 Years Farming: 13 Tell us a bit about your farm: My farming season begins early February with the maple syrup season. I keep the honey separate from each meadow and each month. Why farming? What drew you to it as a livelihood?

Cultivation 86

Cultivation Meadow Farming Farming 86

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Catastrophe loomed everywhere I looked: in the dust bowls on the once-fertile plains of central Turkey, in the vanishing lakes of Mexico City, in the fetid cesspools outside the factory farms of North Carolina, in the disease-ravaged olive trees of Puglia, in the rapid wiping away of diverse food webs in every biome.

Food 138

Food Agriculture Agriculture Pasture 138

Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

land, with cropland expanding by 1 million acres per year, fueling habitat loss for wildlife and mammals. Deer, for example, help cycle nutrients and fertilize soil. A good example is Christina Allen’s 10-acre farm in Maryland. The burgeoning human population, however, means agricultural impacts are only set to increase.

Farming 105

Farming Farming Pesticide Agriculture 105

Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 6, 2024

Graves looks at how the country-wide shift from traditional mixed farms with carefully managed infield-outfield systems to mass livestock farming – primarily of sheep – has taken its toll. The book also features a range of farmers, from new entrants getting to grips with the landscape to older farmers struggling with issues of succession.

Food 93

Food Farming Farming Processing 93