When one thinks of a retirement community, it's unlikely that food springs to mind, but in the case of this Pennsylvanian ...

Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found a surprising effect as their acreage grew: Nearby conventional ...

As 2025 comes to an end, just half of farmers in Colorado and across the U.S. are expected to turn a profit, because of a ...

An appeal which sought £1.4m to buy an organic farm has reached £260,000, enabling the fundraisers to buy a section of the ...

Farming may seem old-fashioned to many, but that hasn't been true for years. Tractors steer themselves, software crunches crop data and agriculture now ranks among the most technologically advanced ...

Starting an organic farm requires space, seeds, livestock and money. Fortunately, some financial help is available for people hoping to establish an organic farming operation. Organic farms grow ...

For more and more people today, shopping for food involves a stop at the farmers market or the organic produce section of the local grocery store. As a result, sales of organic food rose a healthy ...

Navin Ramankutty receives funding from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs program, U.S.

As the climate crisis intensifies, a growing number of consumers have begun to see healthy soils as a potential solution. As a result, soil-building techniques like cover crops and diverse crop ...

Organic farming practices focus on using natural methods to cultivate crops, avoiding synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. This approach not only enhances the quality of food but also contributes to ...

WEST BEND, Iowa (KTIV) - Fields of corn, soybeans and wheat fill the windshield as you drive through northwest Iowa. But there are some that are different than the rest. Thomas Fehr is a 6th ...