The International Food Information Council Foundation recently released its annual survey of public views toward food and nutrition. For the first time, concern about chemicals on food went up and ...

Crop breeding for higher yields may be unintentionally reducing the beneficial microorganisms that help plants absorb ...

Wheat that can help make its own fertilizer is no longer a speculative idea from plant biology textbooks, it is a working prototype that could reorder how the world grows one of its staple grains. By ...

Nitrogen (ammonia) fertilizers, synthesized from natural gas and atmospheric nitrogen, have joined phosphorus and potassium in supercharging soils. Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide spurs plant ...

Agriculture is under attack. Environmentalists label modern farming as unsustainable, blaming farming for polluting the planet and destroying the climate. But today’s food is abundant and nutritious—a ...

Have you ever walked through a supermarket produce aisle and wondered if something's missing? Modern grocery stores offer a ...

This week, I received an email from a reader in response to last week’s column on three ways to grow agriculture advocacy. The opening line of the email said: “Does that mean you don't want to hear ...

It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics. 12 million tons are used every year. But what about the consequences for the environment? An international team of authors addresses ...

Rebecca Nelson, who teaches international agriculture at Cornell University when she’s not zooming around Africa and Latin America, thinks a lot about the future of farming. She also happens to be my ...

This article is by Katie Forrest, co-founder/owner of Epic. For thousands of years, monstrous herds of animals roamed the earth. These beasts covered vast swaths of land in search of food, water, and ...

The implementation of Green 2000's project in Senegal was part of the implementation of the missions assigned to it by the Senegalese Government. Indeed, in accordance with the contract, four ASTCs ...

Labor shortages, trade disruption and lack of a new farm bill damages farming not just as an industry, but as a way of life.