Is there anything more terrifying and/or fascinating than a bee swarm? Nope. Let us count the ways.

For our Farmer’s Favorite Mistakes series, we talk to a beekeeper.

Just a few years ago, the idea that people would spend their free time running virtual farms would have seemed ludicrous. Then FarmVille happened.

How do you connect 270,000 growers in 38 countries, most of whom do not have access to the Internet? Look to the humble text message.

Want to enrage a soil scientist? Call it “dirt.”

Inspired by permaculture ideas and instigated by the reality of peak oil and global warming, two Brits established the Transition Network in 2005 to help individuals “transition” away from fossil fuel-dependent systems.