News & Pitch Calls from Modern Farmer

Monday, June 24th 2024

Modern Farmer is Seeking Stories

Modern Farmer is a quarterly magazine and website about agriculture and food. They’re seeking stories about “food equity, conscious consumption, and sustainable farming.” Rates start at $350. To learn more, refer to their post and submissions page.

Saturday, March 4th 2023

Modern Farmer is Seeking Stories about Farming and Food Systems

Modern Farmer is a quarterly magazine and website about agriculture and food. They’re seeking engaging storytelling about farming and food systems. They’re open to many formats including reported features, personal essays, and multimedia storytelling. Rates start at $350. Pitches can be sent to pitches@modfarmer.com. For more information, refer to their tweet and submissions page.

Tuesday, November 8th 2022

Modern Farmer is Seeking Stories that Dive into Food, Agriculture, Labor, etc.

Modern Farmer is a quarterly magazine and website about agriculture and food. Their interim editor in chief has tweeted, “I'm looking for stories from across the US (and globally, but my main focus is the US) that dive into food and food systems, agriculture, labor, climate, food insecurity, sustainability...” Rate is $350 to $750 per piece. They are accepting pitches on a rolling basis. If interested, send your pitches to emily@modfarmer.com. To learn more, refer to their interim editor in chief’s Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

Thursday, March 31st 2022

Modern Farmer is Seeking Pitches about US Agriculture and Farmers

Modern Farmer is a quarterly magazine and website about agriculture and food. Their editor is seeking “reported features on issues that US agriculture & farmers are facing, as well as stories about the industry's triumphs and innovations.” Pay is $0.50-$0.70 CAD per word. Email your pitches to shelby@modfarmer.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet and this page.

Sunday, January 9th 2022

Modern Farmer is Seeking Pitches on the Future of Food and Farming

Modern Farmer is a quarterly magazine and website about agriculture and food. They are seeking pitches on the future of food and farming: “We've all read about (and perhaps even participated in) urban farming, vertical farming and plant-based meats. But what's really next for agriculture? What will agriculture look like in 10, 15, 30 years? Will we be farming in Space? What can be grown in Antarctica? Will ancient methods of cultivation become the new standard? Will vegetables be grown in a lab or in the ground?” They are looking for reported features and profiles of 500 to 1,200 words. They will pay CAD $0.50 to $0.66 (USD $0.40 to $0.53) per word. Pitches should be sent to shelby@modfarmer.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and this page.

Deadline: January 22nd, 2022

Tuesday, November 30th 2021

Modern Farmer is Seeking Pitches

Modern Farmer is a quarterly magazine and website about agriculture and food. Their editor is seeking “pitches on holiday traditions with agricultural roots, farms/farmers that celebrate the holidays in a unique way, and holiday food traditions rooted in farming.” They will pay CAD $0.50-$0.66 per word. Send your pitches to shelby@modfarmer.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet and this page.

Deadline: December 3rd, 2021