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This Year in Food and Farming

While many would like to forget the year that just happened, it’s still important to... (more)

Modern Farmer
December 28, 2020
Italian Olive Oil Producers Supplement Climate Change Losses Through Biofuel

ROME – In a normal year, olive oil lovers from around the world join farmworkers... (more)

Michael Scaturro
December 26, 2020
Liquid Gold: How Stronger Food Systems Can Start In Your Toilet

Multiple times a day, when nature calls, people routinely flush their excrement into an abyss... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
December 12, 2020
EPA Draft Report Finds Glyphosate Harms Many Endangered Species

Much of the debate over glyphosate, the herbicide from Bayer-Monsanto, has revolved around its effects... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
December 1, 2020
This Plant May Have Evolved to Escape Humans

One of our favorite categories of research is ways in which plants are smarter—or more... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
November 24, 2020
European Union Hits United States With Tariffs On Tobacco, Nuts

The European Union is set to impose new tariffs on a list of American goods... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
November 10, 2020
Engineers Are Developing Self-Watering Soil for Drought Farming

Over the past 100 years, droughts have become both more severe and more frequent. Drought... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
November 4, 2020
Corn Yields Are Up, But More Vulnerable to Drought Than Ever: Study

Corn yields have set records in five of the last seven years, which should mean... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
November 3, 2020
Scientists Recreated Martian Soil to See if Anything Will Grow in It

With Elon Musk’s SpaceX scheduled—though certainly not confirmed—to fly to Mars sometime within the next... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
October 29, 2020
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