The Other Almanac 2027 - Paperback

by Ana Ratner (Editor)

Echoing The Old Farmer's Almanac, this annual offers a fun, fact-filled, and beautifully designed guide to the coming year through a quirky, progressive, and environment-friendly lens.

A sparkling new take on an age-old publication, The Other Almanac brings together contributions by writers, artists, and scientists on topics including environmentalism, botany, grief, seasonal savvy, and off-the-beaten-track curiosities, all presented in brilliant color and eye-popping design.

Highlights of the 2026 edition include a guide to foraging in NYC, checklists for signs of the seasons, a tide chart for NYC, obituaries for recently extinct animals and plants, and a list of objects left on the moon.

Highlights of the 2027 edition include:

• Obituaries for languages, technologies, plants, and animals lost in 2026--including a farewell to New York City's MetroCard


• A data visualization of NYC 311 calls, featuring some of the city's strangest requests


• Images and stories of unusual and historic objects uncovered by a Central Park groundskeeper


• Essays on underground fungi, soil health, and the hidden ecological systems shaping food and farming


• A moon calendar, flower bloom and fruiting calendars, seasonal recipes, and a phonology chart for frog sounds

Author Biography

Ana Ratner, who has compiled and edited the last three editions of The Other Almanac, is an artist who works in clay, mostly. She co-runs Sister Divine's Farm: a farm, farmstand, and event space in Krumville, New York.