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UK Police Hunt for a Herd of Stolen Elk
The surreal nature of this headline masks a very real problem for farmers everywhere.
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Chicago Truck Farm Makes Urban Agriculture Mobile
It's certainly an eye catching spectacle, but is a farm on the back of a truck really green?
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Save Europe's Disappearing Cows, Say Campaigners
In Europe, there's a steady shift to intensive indoor farming of cattle. Animal rights campaigners are getting ready to fight back.
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Could Reason for Honey Shortfall Be Too Many Bees?
UK honey yields dropped dramatically this year. From weather to bee overpopulation, there are many reasons being floated. Yet the solutions remain the same.
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Full Planet, Empty Plates: Quick Facts
Quick facts from Lester Brown's new book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity
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How to Build Irrigation-Free Raised Beds with Hugelkultur
With water becoming an increasingly precious resource, growing techniques that limit or even eliminate irrigation become ever more valuable. Advocates claim that hugelkultur holds that promise.
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Using Chickens to Plant a Food Forest
Permaculture legend Geoff Lawton walks us through a ten-year evolution from meadow to food forest. And it all starts with some chickens.
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How to Grow All Your Food on a Tenth of an Acre
Proponents of biointensive gardening claim it could offer the answer to our ongoing food crises. It's certainly an impressive way to grow vast amounts of food.
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Making Noodles to Save Farmland in Japan
A Japanese farmer is saving his family farm with udon noodles. He also believes he is sharing true happiness in the process.
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Photo tour: healing the planet through agriculture
The Demeter biodynamic method goes beyond organic standards, we see the principles in action at a Demeter farm.
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Coal mining? No. Fertilizer production in China
There are many industries that do tremendous environmental damage yet remain out of the spotlight, especially in countries like China where environmental protection is just starting to truly get going.
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Student launches free cafe serving food gathered from dumpsters
"The things we find, are jaw dropping," says founder Maximus Thaler.
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Do dolphins, whales, chimps and elephants deserve "human" rights?
Where does it end? Andy Revkin raises the kinds of questions that make you think about your dinner.
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Village in India plants 111 trees every time a girl is born
One quaint village in India has adopted a wonderfully eco-conscious tradition that is actually helping to ensure a greener future with each new generation.
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How sustainable is pet ownership?
Pets bring so much joy and extend our lives. A new study looks at some of our pet maintenance choices.
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Alabama man feeds the homeless by teaching them to grow their own food
Even in the dark pit of poverty, where rays of hope shine their dimmest, there's often still light enough for a new life to take hold.
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How the coconut tree provides food, fuel, roofing, rope and more for Sri...
Waste not, want not. Coconut farmers know a thing or two about the efficient use of resources.
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Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 2. The Ecology of Population Growth
The most recent U.N. demographic projections show world population growing to 9.3 billion by 2050, an addition of 2.3 billion people.
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America's first hemp crop in 60 years was planted this week in Colorado
Hemp, the THC-free cousin of cannabis, has recently been made legal in Colorado, but the feds still don't approve.
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Explosive poop foam is killing hogs, destroying barns and stumping scientists
I'm no expert on hog farming, but it seems to me that when whatever you're doing is creating explosive poop foam that has destroyed barns and killed thousands of hogs you might be doing something wrong.
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