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White House Says Executive Order on Right to Repair Is Coming

Over the past few decades, as farm equipment has become more expensive and computerized, it’s... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
July 8, 2021
Liquid Gold: How Stronger Food Systems Can Start In Your Toilet

Multiple times a day, when nature calls, people routinely flush their excrement into an abyss... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
December 12, 2020
Good Old-Fashioned Earth Soil Will Be Heading to Space for the First...

Growing plants—especially edible plants—in space has a long history. But those plants have been grown... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
September 25, 2020
25% of American Farms Don’t Have Access to the Internet

Every two years, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service releases a report on computer use... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
September 5, 2019
Arkansas Taps Teens’ Social Media Savvy to Advocate for $6 Billion Rice...

Seventeen-year-old Belle Richardson has spent her summer visiting rice farms, taking rice-centric cooking classes and... (more)

Erica Sweeney
August 25, 2019
Can Technology Save Coffee?

These four innovations are a good start.

Stephanie Parker
May 23, 2019
New “Speed Cloning” Could Help Genetically Engineer Disease-Resistant Crops Even Faster

The new process could take months, rather than years.

Dan Nosowitz
February 22, 2019
This New Technology Can Help Farmers Save Their Crops From Disease

A.I. could save this corn field from orange pustules.

Adina Solomon
November 26, 2018
FDA Approves First Waste-Gas-Reduction Drug for Cattle

But maybe there’s a better solution altogether.

Dan Nosowitz
November 9, 2018