Tag: farming

The FDA’s lack of urgency dumbfounds food safety scientists.

"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."

Threatened by a mining company, indigenous women in the remote highlands of Guatemala are marching, increasing productivity, and planting trees.

A proposed merger between Bayer AG and Monsanto passed a United States regulatory hurdle despite opposition from various food and farm groups.

It's time to treat all farm workers with the respect due to the people who really are essential to our food security.

The future of farming is sustainable and not land-based.

Does the Seed Treaty run counter to science, agricultural development, and intellectual property rights?

The number of certified organic acres in the country rose by more than 10 percent over the past two years.

A landowner or renter with owner consent, can donate their chemical-free lawn to Fleet Farming, which will then build a food-producing plot at least 500 square feet in size.

Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here's why: There's only one farmer under 35 for every six over 65. By 2030, one-quarter of America's current farmers will retire.