A landmark international study, just published in Science, charts an alarming rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in food animals in emerging economies around the world. Food animals’ resistance rates to antibiotics commonly used in raising them—and in treating diseases in humans—are as high as 60 percent in some cases, according to the report. Left unchecked, […]

It’s a blistering afternoon in central India, but Mallesha Singam is having an unusually fruitful harvest for the dry season when, typically, nothing grows outside. For Singam, this dormant languishing period for outdoor fields has gotten longer over time. “The coldness has dropped and the temperature has increased,” says Singam, who has farmed his land […]

We already know lots about the benefits of working with plants. Gardening has been shown repeatedly to help with mood, for example—there’s just something about working with plants, dirt, water, fertilizer, and the rest that seems to give us a boost. A new study looks at something more specific: can working with plants help those […]