With better growth and less height, stalks are denser and stronger than standard corn. Anchoring into the soil increases with ...

Planting in neat rows makes cultivation and harvesting easier, making it the recommended method. Space rows four to ten ...

One of the great aspects of farmers’ markets is the direct connection between producers and customers. Shoppers can ask ...

How agriculture and conservation are coming together for the survival of the endangered monarch butterflies.

A history lesson about the not-very-fun life of the turnspit dog, charged with trotting in circles to keep kitchens running.

Today’s oceans are littered with plastics. Tiny microplastics, often invisible to the naked eye, swirl in our tidepools. Large pieces of plastic debris stretch across stretches of open sea. The ...

Last spring, farms across the country saw a surge in demand for their CSA programs, with signups and waitlists that flourished at rates not seen before.

Among the top climate-change culprits, agriculture finally attempts to address the issue, via a series of holistic methods called carbon farming.

Rejigger your washing machine to irrigate your yard, rather than send that valuable freshwater to the sewer.

At the end of February, the town board of Lind, Wisconsin voted against changing the zoning laws to allow a nearby 600-cow dairy to install an anaerobic digester. These digesters are becoming more ...

But by 2008, the boom had all but gone bust, as increasing supply, coupled with the economic crisis, pushed the industry off a cliff. Ranches closed, and rescue organizations sprang up across the ...