Crop breeding for higher yields may be unintentionally reducing the beneficial microorganisms that help plants absorb ...
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 ...
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Forgotten vegetables: 5 ancient crops that vanished from modern agriculture
Have you ever walked through a supermarket produce aisle and wondered if something's missing? Modern grocery stores offer a ...
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Self-fertilizing wheat could flip modern agriculture
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A farmer once told me that agriculture has more emotional ups and down than any other occupation. The combination of erratic prices and volatile weather leads to a constant emotional roller coaster, ...
The Minority in Parliament is calling for a bold national shift toward modern, AI-powered agriculture and fisheries as the ...
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