When Tiffany Traverse thinks about growing and eating the same food that her ancestors ate, she gets excited. “I want others to feel that way, too! We should all be able to…
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Rescued Ducks Play a Vital Role on This Vegan Farm
In the Green Mountains of northern Vermont, a plot of nearly 1,300 acres is home to an abundance of flora and fauna, a flock of ducks and two farmers: Melissa Hoffman and…
Meet the Modern Farmer Saving Turkey’s Heirloom Seeds
When Mehmet Öztan moved to the US in 2006, he never imagined he’d one day become a seed farmer in West Virginia or that he would become the caretaker of one of…
Meet the California Farmer Taking a Chance on Domestic Wasabi
David Blume isn’t just a farmer. He’s an artist, author, teacher and a self-described mad scientist. The “farmer in chief” of Whiskey Hill Farms in Watsonville, California has made a concerted effort…
This Former WNBA Athlete Is Giving Urban Farming Her Best Shot
For more than two decades, Bridget Pettis found purpose amid the towering mesh, musty air and creaky wooden floorboards of a basketball court. But now, the former WNBA guard and coach spends…
Meet the Modern Farmer Working to Increase Food Self-Reliance in Hawaii
In 2012, after the Great Recession, legislation was introduced in Hawaii that acknowledged and attempted to solve the archipelago’s dangerous dependence on imported food. At the time, 92 percent of Hawaii’s food…
In Georgia, 19 Families Are Building a Farm to Feed Their Black Community
Ashley Scott got a glimpse of what it means to be self-sufficient far before the era of pandemic gardening. It was 2014, and Scott, fresh out of college, decided to grow a…
The Visionaries Running a Worm Farm In Prison
Every morning when we go to work at the Sustainable Practices Lab at Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, Washington, we come around the corner of the greenhouse and are greeted like heroes…
Back to School: Teaching Others to Take Back the Land
What’s the most important thing about being a farmer? Is it your schedule, your soil health or your crop rotation? For Laney Siegner, it’s your goals—the why that gets you back out…
Meet the Modern Farmer Working to Make Farmer Wellness Mainstream
Bethany Klapwyk’s adolescent years were atypical of an average teenager. Five months after being prescribed a retinoid acne medication, she recalls falling into a traumatic spell of health challenges. “My body didn’t feel…