Meet the Modern Farmer: William Woys Weaver, Roughwood Seed Collection
He’s keeping heirloom vegetables alive.
Meet the Modern Farmers: Tamer and Claire Harpke of Harpke Family Farm
The Harpkes are part of a small yet growing movement of young farmers in South Florida.
Meet the Modern Farmer: Tom Culton, Culton Organics
Up close and personal with one of America’s most fascinating farmers.
Meet the Modern Farmers: David and Kim Bryant, Virginia Chestnuts
This clever couple planted an orchard of chestnut trees that will support them well into their golden years
Meet the Modern Farmer: Beth Foose, Little Bluestem Farm
Beth Foose has been an Episcopal priest for 27 years and a flower farmer for two.
Meet the Modern Farmer: Camilla and Mads Meisner of HØstet, Denmark
Jaded with city life – “the same from Monday to Sunday, over and over again,” Mads sighs – they’d decided to move to Bornholm, a remote island in the Baltic Sea.
Meet the Modern Farmers: Brittany & Dan Illescas of Central Texas Pig Rescue
This young couple were your typical urban homesteaders – until they adopted two pigs. It all snowballed from there.
Meet the Modern Farmer: Meredith Bell
This former catering exec’s transition to farming offered up an unusual number of twists, including life-threatening illness and natural disasters.
Two Empty Nesters Hatch a Plan in East Austin, Texas
After packing their kids off to college, a couple turned a derelict patch of earth in East Austin into a flourishing urban farm.
