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A Farm Girl’s Search for the Promise of Regenerative Agriculture
by Stephanie Anderson

March 18, 2019

I’m in western South Dakota, rolling across the prairie in a blue 1970s-era pickup truck, when I first see them. Buffalo—faraway brown dots on... Read More...

Two Poems
by Amy A. Whitcomb

December 25, 2018

Poetry

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We counted waves by sevens not knowing which was "one" Otters by tails, kelp by fistfuls. We counted steps toward the lighthouse. ... Read More...

Unsprawl: Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve, Maryland, by Claudia Kousoulas

Unsprawl:
The Agricultural Reserve
Montgomery County, Maryland

December 13, 2018

To Know a Place, Unsprawl

By Claudia Kousoulas Maryland’s Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve comprises 93,000 contiguous acres in the Washington, D.C. metr... Read More...

Six Poems
by Robert Morgan

October 17, 2018

Poetry

Click button above to hear Robert Morgan read this poem, or click here to download the poem in .mp3 format. Rolling Rocks What wa... Read More...

A Life of Science:
The Human Story of Transformation
in Coastal Bangladesh
by Saleh Ahmed

August 22, 2018

A Life of Science, Currents, To Know a Place

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A Series by New Scientists Most people in Bangladesh have experiences with natural hazards. I am not an exception. Since childhood, ... Read More...

A Life of Science:
Identity and Environmental
Politics in Rainfed India
by Carly Nichols

December 19, 2017

A Life of Science, Currents

A Series by New Scientists As a researcher visiting India to study agriculture and food security, I never thought I’d find myself r... Read More...

Letter to America
by Douglas Haynes

November 23, 2017

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial Dear United States of America, We’re cutting off the hands that fill our bellies. Hands like Pablo’s*, alre... Read More...

Eight Roosters
by Gina Warren

November 21, 2017

Nonfiction

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“Do you live with other people?” the girl asks, clutching the gimpy rooster to her chest. She’s about six years old and is missing one of her ... Read More...

Two Poems
by Edward Harkness

October 26, 2017

Poetry

2

Click button above to hear Edward Harkness read this poem, or click here to download poem in .mp3 format. Spoon Th... Read More...

Three Poems
by Neil Shepard

October 3, 2017

Poetry

Leaving Vermont, Late Fall Nervous breakdown. Left the hoe-down. Left the hay bales, kale and Brussel &n... Read More...

Letter to America
by Dave Rintoul

September 13, 2017

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial Dear America, I’ve seen a lot of you lately, although not the parts that are commonly viewed. I took a solo driv... Read More...

Letter to a Young Farmer
by Verlyn Klinkenborg

May 31, 2017

Nonfiction

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Most of the farmers I’ve ever known—and all of the farmers I’ve ever known well—were family members: grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins. In ... Read More...

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