A massive amount of otherwise useable land is too salty for plants to flourish. Instead of leaving it fallow, what if we just made plants like saltier soil?READ MORE›
Alison Kosakowski, a 33-year-old former New York City brand planner turned dairy farm blogger, now helps farmers use social media to market themselves and share their unglamorous but rewarding reality.READ MORE›
A new analysis suggests that farmers have to balance producing enough food for humans and preserving the environment. Neither option will work alone.READ MORE›
Americans love meat. Meat is not so great for the environment. But perhaps there is a middle ground: As meat consumption decreases, we’re seeing Americans buying the more expensive, humanely raised stuff.READ MORE›
There are a lot of food-obsessed people in America's cities willing to pay a premium for locally raised meat from nearby small farms. That might be news to the farmers, though. A new startup hopes to save farms by connecting them to ...READ MORE›
Yes, there are droughts everywhere. But there is enough water in our rivers to quench all thirst and increase food production. All it will take is not wasting so much of it.READ MORE›
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with Beijing to fund a series of revolutionary agricultural and biotech initiatives. China might be using Gates to further its economic imperialism. But maybe that's not such a bad thing.READ MORE›
Responding to Peter Brabeck-Letmathe's critique of organic food--that it's too expensive and downright dangerous--author and educator Anna Lappé says that he's wrong, and scared of an organic future.READ MORE›
Combining principles of conservation with the needs of agriculture might be the only way to keep growing enough food to feed an exploding global population.READ MORE›
Monsanto's Roundup was supposed to make it easy for farmers to get rid of weeds, but it's working on fewer and fewer plants, including some monsters that can grow three inches a day and damage farm equipment. READ MORE›
Westerners like you and me are the alpha consumers of the global marketplace -- never in the world's history have humans ever had so much. Which sounds awesome, except we know now that everything we consume comes with the cost of the ...READ MORE›
Growing energy-producing crops will help farmers save money, create safer cooking fuel, and help them adapt to climate change, says a new report from the UN.READ MORE›
Jason Freeman's organic co-op is launching one of the first farmer-owned, certified organic, Fair Trade, non-genetically modified product lines in North America. READ MORE›
The 4-story shop-turned-farm in Hackney, London, is opening its doors to cafe seekers and a potentially long-term financially-viable model of business.READ MORE›
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