Agriculture

The latest on what's growing and what's faltering across the world's farms—and the resources they use to keep running.

Latest in Agriculture

cattle grazing in a field
Environment

Feeding seaweed to gassy cattle can reduce methane

By Laura Baisas

Focaccia baked in kiln
Science

Focaccia likely originated in Mesopotamia, not Rome

By Andrew Paul

Ripe tomatoes on green garden.
Science

They CRISPR’ed tomatoes to make them sweet and large

By Andrew Paul

'Electro-agriculture' prototype.
Environment

‘Electro-agriculture’ may help plants grow in the dark

By Tom Hawking

a close up of four pieces of sliced bread
Science

Our love of delicious carbs may go back 800,000 years

By Laura Baisas

A farmer promotes taro through a live webcast in a field in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, on Sept. 9, 2024.
Technology

Farms to fame: How China’s rural influencers are redefining country life

By Mitchell Gallagher / The Conversation

man stands behind large pumpkin with scarecrow
Environment

Gargantuan pumpkin could flavor 74,794 pumpkin spice lattes

By Laura Baisas

Armenian sapphire (muscari armeniacum) flowers closeup. Shallow depth of field.
DIY

How to revamp your lawn’s reputation with bulbs

By Debbie Wolfe

Leaf cutter ants
Environment

The dinosaur-killing asteroid turned ants into farmers

By Andrew Paul

Ginseng root
Environment

How the Forest Service is trying to save Appalachian ginseng

By Katie Myers/Grist

Monarch butterfly feeding on purple aster flower in summer floral background.
DIY

How to plant a garden butterflies will love

By Debbie Wolfe

Hybrid potatoes created by the biotechnology company Solynta, grown and recently harvested in Kenya.
Environment

How crop science is transforming the humble potato

By Martin Enserink / Undark

glass bowl filled with brown seaweed
Environment

Bye, kale: Marine scientists want you to eat more seaweed

By Alisha McDarris

Spinach rows in farm field
Science

Your recycled pee may be better for crops than synthetic fertilizer

By Andrew Paul

several loaves of golden rustic looking bread on a table
Environment

How farming helped humans evolve to get more energy from carbs

By Laura Baisas

stages of a plant's development
Environment

Yes, plants go through ‘puberty’

By Laura Baisas

a bunch of yellow bananas
Environment

Bananas are at risk of extinction, but scientists have a plan

By Laura Baisas

four different types of corn. one is long and yellow, the other is shorter and yellow. the other two are shorter and black
Environment

Love corn? Thank interbreeding

By Laura Baisas

Two black morels in spring are well camouflaged on the forest floor
DIY

How to start forest farming: Grow delicious food in the woods

By Alisha McDarris

a brick pathway through a lawn with clover
DIY

Should you plant a clover lawn? The pros and cons. 

By Debbie Wolfe