farming

A beautifully designed tractor is the kind of farm equipment that’s guaranteed to induce childlike awe in even the slickest city dweller. Lu Olkowski visited a few farmers in upstate New York and asked them why these machines inspire so much devotion.

Verlyn Klinkenborg is a writer and farmer. He grew up in Iowa on his family’s homestead and he lives today on a farm in upstate New York. He’s the author of The Rural Life and Making Hay. He’s a member of the New York Times editorial board his essays on rural life are featured regularly […]

The unrelenting sprawl of tract houses and big box stores has made its way to Wadell, Arizona, outside of Phoenix, pushing out small farms. Matt Moore’s family has farmed there for decades, and before his farm becomes a subdivision, he decided to make art about it, by plowing the floor plans of tract houses into […]