Mother Earth News Magazine

Learn about milpa agriculture techniques, how to start a farmstand from home, build a hotbed from straw, sprout mung beans and make a salad from your sprouted beans, all tips from readers.

Tara Chapman: Using your smoker is really important. This is what I do. I smoke the entrance first, and I will smoke the entrance of the colony I'm gonna work.

Learn how to make pate with pork and bacon! The depth of flavor from this pork liver and bacon pate is something to behold.

This audio article is of Arboreal Flavors, an article by Bevin Cohen in the April/May 2026 edition of Mother Earth News.

Learn how to raise chickens humanely by following the animal Five Freedoms as an everyday guide, or when you're just beginning.

Starting a cut flower business can be a tough road, especially for refugees. Follow an intergenerational farm as it fulfills a dream and transforms trauma into a sense of belonging.

Grow a modern victory garden to save money, feed your family, build community, gain food security, and resilience.

Discover the hidden flavors of the city with Los Angeles urban foraging. Find inspiration for gleaning fruit, wild greens, and other edibles in cities and other urban environments.

Keep a kitchen cool in summer while canning foods by setting up fans, closing the curtains, and following these other summer cooking tips.

Andy Fry: The electric bike is like kind of more of an enabler in a positive way for bicycling and, and other transportation modes.