Indigo Ag, known for its microbe-coated seeds, is acquiring geospatial data startup TellusLabs to use satellites to learn every last thing about its farmers’ fields.
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies and the University of Vermont’s Gund Institute along with the help of more than 50 citizen scientists are documenting changes in the state’s bumble bee population.
This year's farm bill, while mostly aimed at stabilizing the status quo, nevertheless offers changes and new initiatives that boost organic farming, crop diversity, and advanced conservation.
Whole Foods Market, hailed for its high standards for healthy food, ranked worst in a study of five major U.S. grocery chains for chemicals it uses in packaging at its popular hot-food bar.
The state has paved the way for Costco's experiment in extreme vertical integration for years. But farmers and activists brought together in opposition envision another way forward.
With pufferfish heading north to seek cooler waters, sibling species of the fish have begun to inter-breed, triggering a sudden increase in indistinguishable hybrid fish.
Nigeria's population has grown exponentially and is projected to surpass the United States' by 2050. Amid the boom, land has become increasingly scarce, and disputes over ownership are frequently turning bloody.
Years from now, when the human race no longer sources its binding and emulsifying proteins from Gallus gallus domesticus, it may look back on November 6, 2018, as the day the egg cracked.
Expanding Chinese cities are generating more food waste than they can accommodate in landfills, and cockroaches could be a way to get rid of hills of food scraps, providing nutritious food for livestock when the bugs eventually die and, some say, cures for stomach illness and beauty treatments.
As the final farm bill takes shape and includes regulations governing hemp, an attorney for farmers of color argues that for a chance to right historic wrongs.
