The new hybrid is called Yelloway One, and Gert Kema, a professor at Wageningen University, views it as a major breakthrough ...

Glacier FarmMedia - The University of Manitoba is getting $7.6 million in federal funds to study net-zero farming systems.
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Worldwide, food security is increasingly compromised owing to climate change. From extended droughts to extreme heatwaves, ...

Soils are being drained of essential elements that yield the nutrient-rich grains, fruits and vegetables needed for animal and human health This content is restricted to subscribers only. Our ...

repeating the history of farming on land. Slowly, some regulations are starting to take shape. A few states are beginning to safeguard against potential monoculture impact on wild kelp stocks. In ...

Smallholder farmers around the world are highly productive, producing around a third of the food consumed globally on only ...

We’re outside the church of Panayia Kousouliotissa near the village of Flasou, surrounded by pine, eucalyptus and prickly pear. The field next door looks cultivated, and I wonder what it might be; ...

But clearly, there is ample room for improvement. Soil, the backbone of farming, is a magnificent substrate that can absorb ...

At the core of the problem is that over the last half-century, American society has been reorganized, both legally and ...

Creating more resilient farming communities is central to the Mount Kenya Sustainable ... mulching so the soil retained its ...

“Key factors include exceptionally heavy and prolonged rainfall, urban expansion blocking natural drainage paths, deforestation and conversion to monoculture agriculture reducing soil water ...

Over the last two decades, my mother has devoted herself to creating a small homestead farm in upstate New York. I’ve had a ...