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Africa has plenty of arable farmland, but there are crushing obstacles standing in the way of actually using it. Can tech help?

The TPP is the largest proposed free trade agreement deal in history, representing close to 40 percent of the world's economy. The negotiations have been ongoing for several years ...

One of us is asthmatic and the other a smoker so we are both huffing along, mentally preparing for the hike. Over the past five weeks our crew of 14 put in 80,000 tree taps across ...

Today, we learn that 82 people were killed in a Nigerian village earlier this week over cattle grazing rights; Kraft’s stock fell after the company recalled 6.5 million boxes of macaroni and cheese because some were found to contain metal shards; a building fire in Waterloo, England, that sent diners at a restaurant scurrying for safety was caused by a secret marijuana-growing operation; and there was a truck crash in Maine involving 30,000 live lobsters.

In which a farmer files a trespassing complaint against his state Department of Agriculture.

Pizza too?! According to a new report from Australia called Appetite for Change that was put out by two leading climate scientists, global warming will affect everything from the taste of carrots to the quality of steak to the firmness of pizza crust, and that’s for the food that’s still around.

When it comes to ministering to plants, who better than a bee?

Today, we look at how Cyclone Pam has wrecked the Island nation of Vanuatu’s farming sector; how technology is changing agriculture in Africa; the startling results of an Australian program to improve soil; and alleged abuse of chickens in a large North Carolina poultry processing plant.

Wait a second: will we urban Northeasterners someday have fresh produce in the winter?