Decades of industrial agriculture have caused environmental and social damage across the globe. Soils have deteriorated and plant and animal species are disappearing. Landscapes are degraded and small ...

Last December, while I was conducting research in Canada’s Northwest Territories, I found myself craving crunchy raw vegetables and paid $8 for a stalk of celery. Expand your understanding of food ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Agriculture is becoming increasingly dependent on technology. U.S. Department of Agriculture Photo by Lance Cheung Farmers are ...

Members of the 110th Wing, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Mich., serve the local community by packaging food at South Michigan Food Bank in Battle Creek, Mich. on April 20, 2020. The Michigan ...

Agriculture remains the backbone of Nigeria’s economy, yet its true face is not found in policy documents or high-level conferences. It is found in the grassroots—the farmers who rise before dawn, the ...

When I introduced the charter amendment creating the new county Department of Agriculture, it was to address the need to rebuild Maui County’s agricultural system. A sustainable regional system will ...

The Washington state Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has awarded $3.4 million in Local Food System Infrastructure Grants to ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite ...