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The Dust Bowl Revisited: 2012
While our understanding of and respect for the soil is greater now than it was at the turn of the last century, erosion still exceeds new soil formation on most acres.
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Farming on the Rooftops of Brooklyn
A video profile of a food rebel turning the concrete jungle into a working farm.
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Can Permaculture Transform Industrial Agriculture?
Permaculture is spreading across backyards and community gardens at a rapid pace. But what about farms? A new study aims to find out.
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Insecticide Regulators Turning Blind Eye to Bee Deaths, Says UK Parliament
Lawmakers conclude that regulators have ignored mounting evidence against one of the best selling insecticides, implicating it in the deaths of honeybees.
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USDA Land Stewardship Program Conserves 50 Million Acres in 4 Years
American farmers conserved 50 million acres over the past 4 years.
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Einstein Bros. Says 'No' To Pig Gestation Crates
Good move Einstein, but it only raises the question: Why doesn't everybody else do it, and more? And what else can you clean up at your suppliers?
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Expanding Dust Bowls in China and Africa Impact Food Supply
Today two new dust bowls are forming: one in northern China and southern Mongolia and the other in Africa south of the Sahara.
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How China’s Rising Soybean Consumption Is Reshaping Western Agriculture
Global demand for soybeans has soared in recent decades, with China leading the race. Nearly 60 percent of all soybeans entering international trade go to China, making it by far the world’s largest...
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Global Grain Stocks Drop Dangerously Low as 2012 Consumption Exceeded Production
The world produced 2,241 million tons of grain in 2012, down 75 million tons or 3 percent from the 2011 record harvest. The drop was largely because of droughts that devastated several major crops.
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New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilizations
The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third.
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Fresh bread without preservatives?
A Canadian researcher's bread breakthough could lead to natural crop protection as well as better bread
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How do they find horse meat in hamburger?
A relatively new test detected horse meat in European hamburger. We wonder: how do they test this? Could it happen in America? What happens to all the recalled food?
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Fermented cow dung air freshener wins two students top science prize
Two high school students win top prize with their herbal-smelling air freshener that's eco-friendly, better for human health -- and is made from cow poop.
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Allan Savory shows us how to combat desertification and fix climate change
I don't want to raise expectations too much because that's the sure way to disappointment, but I think this presentation by Allan Savory is very important and more people should pay attention to what...
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Common pesticides cause brain-damage in bees
Two new studies show that widely used pesticides - more specifically neonicotinoids, which are more common in Europe, and coumaphos, which are more common in the U.S. - are damaging the brain of honey...
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Vertical Farm and Retail Store Grows Mushrooms and Herbs
A vertical farm concept from old shipping containers incorporates a retail space for selling its wares to the public.
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A Mountain of Heirloom Pumpkins: You'll Never See This in Your Grocery Store
A gathering of heirloom enthusiasts dispels the myth of "consumer choice" in our current food system, and offers a vision of something tastier.
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Eco-sins of our Forefathers Revealed by Archeologists
Bronze age archeology belies the myth of an idyllic tryst between man and nature in pre-industrial eras
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Community Supported Aquaponics Takes Off in the UK
Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?
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GMO Crops Leading to Increased Pesticide Use in US
Since their introduction in the mid-1990s genetically modified crops have failed to deliver on promised reductions in rates of herbicide use, with yearly increases in use climbing recently.
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