Latest Agriculture Stories
Why we all have to heed the Colorado River water cuts
You can’t escape climate change by moving to New Zealand
Pesticides might be worse for bees than we thought
An accidental discovery could save a popular, struggling grapevine
The Week In Drones: Google Delivery, Reaper Gods, And More
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The Science of Swine
The fascinating and complex rise of palm oil
A huge chunk of the EU’s food imports will be at risk of drought by 2050
From space sprouts to landmine legumes, here are the world’s weirdest farms
What To Drink While You Wait For Perennial Grains To Revolutionize Agriculture
DJI’s commercial drones can now carry more sensors into dangerous situations
The secret to curbing farm emissions is buried in the Stone Age
Plant pandemics are on the rise, and we need a plan to stop them
Popular foods that grow in somewhat startling ways
Factory And Irrigation Technologies Have Significantly Cut U.S. Water Use
A chemical meant to save plants is actually killing them—and it’s spreading
Can industrial farming be a force for good?
It’s not just methane—meat production fills the air with noxious particulate matter too
The main ingredient in RoundUp doesn’t just kill plants. It harms beetles, too.
Is growing weed sustainable? The answer is complicated.
Understanding plant biological clocks could boost future agriculture
The real story behind the Biden burger-ban rumor
‘Forest gardens’ planted by Canada’s Indigenous people before the 1800s still benefit ecosystems today
A quarter of new invasive species were spotted by everyday citizen-scientists
These gene-edited tomatoes grow in cute little bouquets suited to urban farming
Why romaine lettuce keeps getting recalled
Pesticide testing is flawed—and it’s harming our birds and bees
Our french fry supply is safe for now, but the future is uncertain
A healthy wasp microbiome can fend off pesticides
Feral pigs are ruining ecosystems across 35 states and hunting is making it worse
Is organic food bad for the environment?
We waste 40 percent of the food we grow—here’s where it goes
Brazilian farmers owe Monsanto $7.7 billion, court rules
Artificial intelligence could help farmers water only the thirsty plants
Scientists just debunked a major myth about heirloom wheat
Inside Chipotle’s two-year process of reinventing its queso
This map shows how food travels from farms to your home
Here’s how much a chocolate bar made without child labor would cost
Humans can’t manage this invasive fly—but a mind-controlling fungi might
Watering space plants is hard, but NASA has a plan
Save the world by saving your plants’ seeds
We don’t know what a happy chicken looks like, and that’s a big problem
Feral hogs aren’t coming for our kids, but they’re definitely coming for our calves
We can’t stop climate change unless we drastically change how we use our land
How China got the first seedling to sprout on the moon
A great climate comes from happy soil. Could happy soil come from California?
We’re barreling towards another Dust Bowl
Meet the ‘Oyster Wench’—a single mom fighting pollution with the power of clams and kelp
Humans started transforming Earth a lot earlier than we thought
African swine fever has killed a million pigs—and isn’t slowing down
To protect the world’s pasta, scientists peered inside fettuccine’s DNA
At the height of the Peruvian guano boom, people mined poop instead of gold
Young farmers are challenging convention to improve sustainability
Last year’s historic floods ruined 20 million acres of farmland
Why California’s droughts and floods will only get worse
Why our blue planet is getting greener
The Green New Deal could help farmers help the planet
These genetic ‘goggles’ could help us engineer wildly resilient crops
An unprecedented locust swarm is creating unlikely allies
The Impossible Burger 2.0 is a plant-based beef replacement that’s meatier than ever
Sex, starvation, and saltwater moats: snail farms are wilder than you could ever imagine
The Problem with GMO Labeling
The GMO Corn Experiment
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