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What Makes Wolffia the Fastest Growing Plant in the World?
And what can it teach us about other, more edible plants?
Cory Booker, Raphael Warnock and Ben Ray Luján Join Senate Ag Committee
The lawmakers will add some diversity to what was previously an all-white panel.
OPINION: Don’t Stop at Big Tech—We Need to Bust Big Agriculture, Too
A wave of consolidation has given a few large companies control of proprietary, multi-level systems of traits, seeds, agrochemicals and digital technology.
Tom Vilsack Cruises Through Nomination Hearing
Biden’s pick to lead the USDA faced more questions about his grandchildren than systemic racism
Congress Is Investigating Meatpacking Plants for COVID-19 Safety Violations
Meatpacking plants have been hubs of the virus’s spread over the past year.
Why Is India’s Government Pushing a Nationwide Cow Exam?
It’s all about bovine politics.
State Department Issues Travel Ban Exemption for South African Farmworkers
These temporary workers were included in an initial ban.
Study: Crops Can Grow in Compacted Soil. We Just Have to ‘Convince’ Them
New research points to a sort of “shut off” switch.
USDA Finalizes Hemp Production Regulations
Some things are a little loosened.
