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Six months ago, Dan JØrgensen never had plans to be Denmark's agriculture minister. But after a big December shake-up in the Danish cabinet, he was shocked - and honored - to ...

Butter is one of the oldest foods, dating back to 6500 BC. Legend says that butter was first discovered when a nomad tied an animal skin of cream to his horse. After a long journey...

Neat green rice fields and farmers decked in plaid – this could be any farm in rural Japan. But Yamagata Girls Farm, in remote Yamagata prefecture, is different: All the farmers are young women.

As the world starts to feel the repercussions of climate change, individuals and companies are rushing to adapt and make money.

Changing weather has shifted the grape game and means Russia is one of a growing number of unlikely places in the world making wine.

Reviving a lost tradition in the Northeast: growing grain.

Chef and food activist Alice Waters on Monday night made a big announcement: the University of California, on her advice, is planning a major initiative to address problems in food and farming. It will involve all 10 UC campuses and extend across California and around the globe. In part, it will be modeled on Waters’ famous Edible Schoolyard project at a middle school in Berkeley, which serves as a model for programs in other schools across the country that put the growing and cooking of food at the center of their academic curricula.

Thanks to rising sea levels and disappearing soil, agriculture’s future might be all wet.

American bartenders once used ice harvested from frozen ponds in their drinks. Today bartenders are carving their own way.