The Night Shift

Posted 2024-12-20 13:00:44 by: ONFARM Support

Every morning, for years, Josana Pinto da Costa would venture out onto the waterways lining Óbidos, Brazil, in a small fishing boat. She would glide over the murky, churning currents of the Amazon River Basin, her flat nets bringing in writhing hauls as the sun ascended into the cerulean skies above. Scorching temperatures in the […] The post The Night Shift appeared first on Modern ...

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Spotlight On the Students Growing Kalo in Hawai’i

Posted 2024-12-18 14:57:57 by: ONFARM Support

On a Friday morning in late September, the students in Naʻau ʻŌiwi gathered in Māhukona on the North Kohala Coast of Hawai’i Island to build beehive boxes.    The apiary they are building will produce honey for their secret recipe plans for the statewide Kalo Challenge, which is the culmination of their nine-month program that […] The post Spotlight On the Students Growing Kalo in Hawai’i appeared first on Modern ...

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The High Tech Farm

Posted 2024-12-16 14:13:21 by: ONFARM Support

Farming has come a long way in the last few years. We know, from the last census of agriculture, that farm life is changing. The number of farms is dropping, while the size of the average farm is going up. That means fewer farmers are working more land. In order to be efficient, farmers have […] The post The High Tech Farm appeared first on Modern ...

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Can Human Urine Fertilize Our Crops?

Posted 2024-12-13 15:09:05 by: ONFARM Support

This story originally appeared at Ambrook Research. Twice a growing season, a big yellow truck with the license plate “P4FARMS” pulls into Jesse Kayan’s farm in Brattleboro, Vermont, loaded with a thousand gallons of pasteurized human urine sloshing around in IBC totes. For more than 10 years, Kayan has been applying human urine to his […] The post Can Human Urine Fertilize Our Crops? appeared first on Modern ...

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Where Have All the Vets Gone?

Posted 2024-12-11 14:48:38 by: ONFARM Support

When Aimee Thompson graduates from Washington State University Veterinary College in May 2025, she will not be heading to a bustling city or a thriving suburban clinic like many of her peers. Instead, she will return to her roots in rural Nevada. For Thompson, this is not just a career path but a calling deeply […] The post Where Have All the Vets Gone? appeared first on Modern ...

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How Native Farmers Pair Ancestral Knowledge with Climate Expertise

Posted 2024-12-09 15:24:41 by: ONFARM Support

Mary Oxendine grew up in Robeson County, NC, among the Lumbee people. As a child of multigenerational farmers, she grew up picking peas and butterbeans, working with her grandmother making sausages, and plucking chickens.    As an adult, she worked her way up in the local government’s food security program.  But when her father passed, […] The post How Native Farmers Pair Ancestral Knowledge with Climate Expertise appeared first on Modern ...

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10 Fascinating Food Stories to Share Over Dinner

Posted 2024-12-06 15:53:16 by: ONFARM Support

Food is personal. It’s more than just what you eat. It ties you to a community, to a culture. It can be history. It can be innovation. It can be an act of service to prepare it for someone else. And because food is such an intimate and important part of our lives, we know […] The post 10 Fascinating Food Stories to Share Over Dinner appeared first on Modern ...

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Why Are Family Farms in Trouble?

Posted 2024-12-04 13:58:48 by: ONFARM Support

Agriculture was once a cornerstone of the American way of life. Farmers helped build the country, and most of us depended on their products for the food we eat. But times have changed. Americans now eat fast food one to three times a week on average. Between 1998 and 2023, our reliance on imported food […] The post Why Are Family Farms in Trouble? appeared first on Modern ...

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This Holiday Season, Choose a Gift that Supports a Farmer

Posted 2024-12-02 13:45:26 by: ONFARM Support

In many cultures around the world, the winter season offers an abundance of occasions to gather, celebrate, and demonstrate gratitude or affection. While the act of gift giving is often viewed as an interaction between two people (the giver and the receiver), it’s also an opportunity to have a much broader, lasting impact. Purchasing a […] The post This Holiday Season, Choose a Gift that Supports a Farmer appeared first on Modern ...

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Meet the Native American Farmer Promoting Northern New Mexico’s Indigenous Foodways

Posted 2024-11-29 15:37:37 by: ONFARM Support

The aroma of cedar smoke fills the early autumn air, punctuated by the crackle of wood as Norma Naranjo rakes out hot ashes from the horno, a beehive-shaped adobe oven, with a long wooden paddle. She piles the ashes on the ground and tops them with glossy green chiles from her garden; the heat will […] The post Meet the Native American Farmer Promoting Northern New Mexico’s Indigenous Foodways appeared first on Modern ...

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