Latest Agriculture Stories
Your pee could be the golden ticket to a greener world
These chickens earned a healthier label from the USDA
Appalachia’s ginseng goldmine may not last much longer
Gene-edited cows could make meat more sustainable. But would people eat it?
What not to do with the mysterious seeds you received in the mail recently
An unprecedented locust swarm is creating unlikely allies
The secret to curbing farm emissions is buried in the Stone Age
Inside Chipotle’s two-year process of reinventing its queso
A healthy wasp microbiome can fend off pesticides
Pesticide testing is flawed—and it’s harming our birds and bees
Last year’s historic floods ruined 20 million acres of farmland
Why romaine lettuce keeps getting recalled
These gene-edited tomatoes grow in cute little bouquets suited to urban farming
Our french fry supply is safe for now, but the future is uncertain
Is organic food bad for the environment?
Brazilian farmers owe Monsanto $7.7 billion, court rules
This map shows how food travels from farms to your home
How China got the first seedling to sprout on the moon
We should all take a month off of red meat
Humans started transforming Earth a lot earlier than we thought
We’re barreling towards another Dust Bowl
A great climate comes from happy soil. Could happy soil come from California?
We can’t stop climate change unless we drastically change how we use our land
Feral hogs aren’t coming for our kids, but they’re definitely coming for our calves
We don’t know what a happy chicken looks like, and that’s a big problem
Save the world by saving your plants’ seeds
Feral pigs are ruining ecosystems across 35 states and hunting is making it worse
Can industrial farming be a force for good?
We waste 40 percent of the food we grow—here’s where it goes
Artificial intelligence could help farmers water only the thirsty plants
Scientists just debunked a major myth about heirloom wheat
Here’s how much a chocolate bar made without child labor would cost
How much more would you pay for a chocolate bar made without child labor?
Humans can’t manage this invasive fly—but a mind-controlling fungi might
Watering space plants is hard, but NASA has a plan
Meet the ‘Oyster Wench’—a single mom fighting pollution with the power of clams and kelp
African swine fever has killed a million pigs—and isn’t slowing down
To protect the world’s pasta, scientists peered inside fettuccine’s DNA
At the height of the Peruvian guano boom, people mined poop instead of gold
Young farmers are challenging convention to improve sustainability
Why California’s droughts and floods will only get worse
Why our blue planet is getting greener
The Green New Deal could help farmers help the planet
These genetic ‘goggles’ could help us engineer wildly resilient crops
The Impossible Burger 2.0 is a plant-based beef replacement that’s meatier than ever
Sex, starvation, and saltwater moats: snail farms are wilder than you could ever imagine
Humanity’s obsession with chocolate may go back much further than we thought
Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry
Weedkiller weakens bees by messing with their microbiomes
During a hurricane, where does all the pig poop go? Into your water.
Humans have been messing with the climate for thousands of years
Burnt bread shows that our ancestors were baking 4,000 years before agriculture
Pesticides are making bees dumber
These snakes slurp snails, and that’s great for farmers
Small farmers are mixing old equipment with new tech
NASA is learning the best way to grow food in space
Cleaner pig poop could reduce bacon’s environmental burden
What to expect from the new GMO labels we’re getting in 2020
How to brew worm tea
Keep your love of chocolate from destroying the planet with this one easy fix
The first Antarctic greenhouse harvest may lettuce go to Mars
For the booze business, going green is a matter of survival
DJI’s commercial drones can now carry more sensors into dangerous situations
Cow poop could help us make clean(er) energy
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