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Meet the Modern Majorcan Grafter Spreading Biodiversity

Pere Sureda describes himself as a “spreader of biodiversity.” As a grafter, his technical knowledge... (more)

Angeles Rodenas
Squeezing the Most Out of California’s Water Supply

On a recent market day at the San Francisco Ferry Building, Tory and Rebecca Torosian... (more)

Naoki Nitta
March 21, 2023
Insects are Vanishing Worldwide. Now it’s Making it Harder to Grow Food.

Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there... (more)

Stuart Reynolds, The Conversation
March 2, 2023
Meet the Modern Graziers Who Broke Into Regenerative Agriculture, No Farmland Required

When James Allen and his wife, Katie, started Heritage Graziers in the summer of 2015,... (more)

Callie Radke Stevens
February 27, 2023
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
Abandoned Farm Fields Take Decades to Recover Biodiversity—If They Can At All

How much does agriculture impact our environment? A new study, published in the Journal of... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
February 8, 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
This Teen Farmer Turned a 4-H Project Into a Startup Business

Matias Habib first noticed the Japanese beetle in the summer of 2019. The pests attack... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
December 23, 2022
The Infinite Christmas Tree: How to Cut Your Tree So it Will...

After the whole realization about Santa, one of the hardest truths to swallow about Christmas... (more)

Paige Lindell
December 20, 2022
Zimbabwe’s Farmers and Beekeepers Clash Over Invasive Bee Plant

As climate change pushes plant species to new areas, an invasive plant—vernonanthura polyanthes, commonly known... (more)

Andrew Mambondiyani
December 16, 2022
Meet the Modern Farmer Using New Zealand Pigs to Restore a Former...

When Rachel Herrick bought a 47-acre farm in Cameron, NC, she had her work cut... (more)

Cindy Whitt
December 12, 2022