Modern Farmer (magazine)

Modern Farmer

Cover of issue 01

Cover of issue 01
Frequency Quarterly
Year founded 2013
Company Modern Farmer Media
Country United States
Based in Hudson, New York
Language English
Website modernfarmer.com
ISSN 2326-0807

Founded in April 2013,[1] Modern Farmer is a quarterly American magazine devoted to agriculture and food. Modern Farmer is unique in that it attempts to have equally rural and urban readers,[2] and to "appeal to the person who wants to romanticize farming and the person who is knee deep in turkey droppings", according to The New York Times.[1] In 2014, the publication won the National Magazine Awards for the Magazine Section.[3]

Modern Farmer covers have featured livestock and its articles include those like a series of interviews with agriculture ministers from around the globe.[4] Its stories tend to take a "farm to table" perspective, comprehensively covering food and agriculture topics like Greek yogurt or feral pigs.[5] In addition to the print magazine, it has a popular website; its "goatcam", a public web cam of goats, produced 60,000 pageviews alone.[6] Based in Hudson, New York,[2] It is backed financially by Fiore Capital and its founding CEO/editor-in-chief was Ann Marie Gardner.[6]

In early 2015, the magazine's founder and much of its editorial staff departed the publication, with print publication suspended.[7] The paper's owner said in a statement that it planned to return for a summer issue in 2015.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christine Haughney (September 17, 2013), "A Magazine for Farm-to-Table", The New York Times
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Penelope Green (January 15, 2014), "Cultivating Hudson: Enter the Tastemakers", The New York Times
  3. ↑ Section National Magazine Award Winners 1966-2014, American Society of Magazine Editors
  4. ↑ Andrew Beaujon (November 1, 2013), "For Modern Farmer, farm stands hold more promise than newsstands", Poynter
  5. ↑ Jessica Gelt (July 10, 2013), "Modern Farmer: New magazine tells the stories behind your food", LA Times
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Allison McCann and Dorothy Gambrell (December 10, 2013), "Modern Farmer Combines Serious Coverage With LambCam, Hits Jackpot", Bloomberg Businessweek
  7. ↑ Severson, Kim, "As Last Paid Editors Depart, Modern Farmer’s Future in Doubt", The New York Times
  8. ↑ "'Modern Farmer' Owner Says It Will Live On, Despite Staff Exit", The Two Way (NPR), January 23, 2015