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Livestock are Dying in the Heat. This Little-Known Farming Method Offers a...

Josh Payne planted chestnut trees six years ago. The rows of nut trees haven’t fully... (more)

John McCracken, Grist
August 28, 2023
Could Hydroponic Fodder Solve the West’s Water Woes?

Agriculture sucks a whopping 80 percent of the Colorado River’s water every year. The largest... (more)

Sara Ventiera
August 8, 2023
Plastic Mulch is Problematic—and Everywhere. Can We Do Better?

In Washington’s Skagit Valley, the beginning of summer is largely marked by the first ripe,... (more)

Lena Beck
August 3, 2023
Growing Green: Cannabis Farmers Tackle Sustainability

In 2016, when Lex Corwin opened his off-grid, biodynamic cannabis farm in Nevada City, California,... (more)

Gia Mora
July 24, 2023
Sweet Corn on a Decades-Long Decline

Sweet corn destined for the freezer or the canned food aisle has been steadily decreasing... (more)

Lena Beck
July 20, 2023
Syntropic Agriculture Boosts Soil Vitality Using the Wisdom of the Forest

It’s almost 8 a.m. on a Monday morning in San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, and in spite... (more)

Lauren Rothman
May 3, 2023
Meet the Modern Majorcan Grafter Spreading Biodiversity

Pere Sureda describes himself as a “spreader of biodiversity.” As a grafter, his technical knowledge... (more)

Angeles Rodenas
March 23, 2023
Insects are Vanishing Worldwide. Now it’s Making it Harder to Grow Food.

Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there... (more)

Stuart Reynolds, The Conversation
March 2, 2023
Meet the Modern Graziers Who Broke Into Regenerative Agriculture, No Farmland Required

When James Allen and his wife, Katie, started Heritage Graziers in the summer of 2015,... (more)

Callie Radke Stevens
February 27, 2023