Have you ever wanted to find A recipe for nettle soup, historical information on black cowboys, sunrise and sunset for every day of the year, gardening advice, a brief history of New York eternal love for the Greek coffee cup and contemplative tests on resistance to fascism, all in the same place? Well, you can close the 92 of your mobile browser tabs and have a printed copy of The other almanacwhich contains all that precedes and more.
Compiled and published by Ana Ratner, an artist and passionate about botany based in New York, and published by Or books,, THE Other almanac presents a contemporary rejuvenation of THE Almanac of the former farmer – One of the oldest American periodicals published continuously. It was first published and published in 1792 by Robert Bailey Thomas and remains popular for its long -range regional weather forecasts and its astronomical data, planting information and recipes, and light but traditional content on cultural trends and daily advice that work between ancient wisdom and superstition. The Almanac to Ratner, now in its third edition, shakes the tradition of simply transmitting information, working rather to fill the gap between urban and rural communities through nature in a world that changes in a tangible way.
Composed of the astronomical and seasonal data expected from a standard almanac, the compilation of ratner is imbued with works of art, text and recipes requested or subjected by a variety of artists, writers and contributing educators through disciplines, with Shannon Lee as editor -in -chief. Some of the star artists of the latest edition include The Late Artist Yellow quick to see SmithSky Hopinka, Jeffrey Gibson, Jordan Nassar, Tauba Auerbach, Jia Sung and Day Brièrre – the last of which will be presented on the cover of the cover of THE Other almanac2026 edition. Naomi Klein, or Zubalsky, Sally Dewind, Spencer Tilger and Vivien Sansour, among others, Contributed written documents ranging from poetry, tests and personal reflections to necrologies and more.
In an email at HyperalgicRatner explained that THE Other almanac is not supposed to be consumed as a source of information providing radical relationships on climate change or other disasters, but rather a ship for “often neglected little stories of humans, critters, plants, urban landscapes and bacteria that tell the stories that we do not read.”
“Instead of a story trying to encompass all of the loss and sorrow caused by Los Angeles forest fires, we would be more likely to print something on the history and complexities of the eucalyptus introduced and how they can contribute to forest fires,” said Ratner as an example of recent fires. “We love stories that talk about systems, ideas or greater problems through personal, funny or accessible goals, because it is easy to feel paralyzed by catastrophe ideas or things outside of our influence.”
Poetry on Gaza and personal accounts of life thanks to Israel's militarism are interspersed among necrologies for flora, fauna and technology extinguished; Visualization of data on the loss of arctic glacial cap; and information on the environmental catering properties of the cannabis plant. Readers can browse reflections on the observation of birds in Brooklyn, mensual advice based on plants and phenology notes, and a partial list of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of detritus left on the moon (including “125 mini-moons by “artist” Jeff Koons“, As periodic tells). The richness of information and stories is presented in colorful and visually friendly arrangements with soft edges designed by Kayley Sonheim and through data visualizations by Julie Rossman.
“We want to be a bridge for people who may not think that nature is accessible to them or do not know how they integrate into an urban ecosystem,” said Ratner.
“Historically, the almanacs have been awakened so that humans observe what surrounds them, the tides, the flowering flowers, the moon, the colors on a caterpillar, the sounds of the crickets,” she continued. “As a publication, we are fundamentally optimistic, we want to hire people, have them excited to plant something, make them laugh, notice the beauty of pigeons, be creative and try not to be ashamed, overwhelm or frighten them.”
For anyone who suffers from wisdom sharing the areas of journalism, non-fiction essays and information columns, THE Other almanac's 2026 Call for submissions is open until March 20.
“If your submission has a unique perspective, connects apparently unconnected things or focuses on an eccentric niche subject, we will be quite excited,” noted Ratner, adding that the publication has a huge jump for content linked to New York.
