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It’s Possible to Reduce Fertilizer Emissions by 80 Percent Before 2050

Fertilizer. It’s a major contributor of greenhouse gases, accounting for roughly two percent of global... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
February 22, 2023
Why Don’t American Farmers Embrace Peasant Farming?

Last June, I quit my office job and booked a flight to France. I was... (more)

Nicole Grennan
February 21, 2023
AI Can Track Bees on Camera. Here’s How That Will Help Farmers

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming.... (more)

Malika Nisal Ratnayake, Adrian Dyer, and Alan Dorin, The Conversation
February 18, 2023
Why This Company Says the Popular H-2A Visa is Overdue for a...

In parts of rural Mexico, there’s a visa that farmworkers treat like gold—yet nobody knows... (more)

Naoki Nitta
February 15, 2023
I Was ‘The Goose Lady.’ Then Avian Flu Came For My Flock

The first bird was on the chicken coop floor, stiff and lifeless, when I came... (more)

Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
February 14, 2023
California Farms and Farmworkers Attempt to Recover From Record Floods

For Manuel, an orchard worker in California, this should normally be a busy time of... (more)

Naoki Nitta
January 24, 2023
A New Egg Co-operative Has Hatched in the Western U.S.

It doesn’t always pay to be an egg farmer—just ask Cliff Lillywhite.  The owner and... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
January 17, 2023
New Solar Panels Allow Farmers to See the Light

Arable land is at an all-time premium. Since the last ice age, humans have cleared... (more)

Naoki Nitta
January 16, 2023
Meet the Farmer Helping Black Kentuckians Return to Their Agricultural Roots

“Produce with a purpose” is how Ashley Smith describes her vision for Black Soil, the... (more)

Kelly Magyarics
January 12, 2023
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