A systematic overview of more than 100 studies comparing organic and conventional farming finds that the crop yields of organic agriculture are higher than previously thought. The study, conducted by ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Large-scale farming has a well-earned rep as America’s top eco ...

Factory farms and slaughterhouses pose a tremendous threat to clean air and water, communities, wildlife, workers, our climate and a healthy environment. Over the past 40 years, animal agriculture in ...

Behind the scenes of modern farming lies a powerful alliance between Big Ag and Big Oil. From diesel-fueled equipment to fossil fuel-based fertilizers, industrial agriculture remains deeply ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 18, 2019) As the New York Times wrote in November 2018, “The Insect Apocalypse is Here.” But can we reverse it? Pollinator Week this year is overshadowed by a greater, ...

Rabat - Moroccan phosphate giant OCP Group has signed a new five-year renewable Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Industrial Moroccan phosphate giant OCP Group has signed a new ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming—where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at ...

An advertisement extolling the many benefits of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), an insecticide later banned worldwide under the Stockholm Convention on ...

A commercial court has pronounced the judicial liquidation of French insect agriculture pioneer Ÿnsect following a hearing ...

“Agriculture is now a motorized food industry, the same thing in its essence as the production of corpses in the gas chambers and the extermination camps, the same thing as blockades and the reduction ...

At first glance, there’s not a lot of promise for farm system advocates with the incoming Trump administration. Take, for instance, Trump’s pick to serve as Agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins. The ...

An open letter to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation signed by nearly 500 faith leaders across Africa and organized and sent by the Southern African Faith Communities’ Institute (SAFCEI) emphasizes ...