When we last checked in on the palm oil industry, it was busy planning to expand its operations to Africa's Congo Basin. Environmentalists worried that the industry's destructive f...

Two inventors hope they’ve created a garden so simple a child could grow it.

Scheibe has done so since January 1978, when she and her husband, Claire, decided to do something with all of the farm toys they'd been buying as part of the antiques business they...

A Kickstarter for global agriculture.

Here are some questions (and answers) about our about-to-be “undead” Farm Bill.

Between drought and a decrease in per capita beef consumption, the past few years have been challenging ones for cattle farmers. It’s also translated into higher costs for the leather industry.

When most people think about palm oil, if they think about it at all, they think of it as just one of the obscure and often unpronounceable ingredients printed on packages of proce...

Anemia, weakness, and jaundice: those are three symptoms of anaplasmosis, a disease that's causing some big headaches for Texas cattle farmers right now. Transmitted through biting...

How to preserve and grow urban agriculture in the Bay Area.