A farmer paddles to his fields on an artificial island among canals, part of an ancient Aztec system known as chinampas, in 2021. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte In dozens of archaeological discoveries around ...

The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of ...

Nick Cuchetti, a farmer and board secretary of Missouri Organic Association, applies biochar to his soil beds late last month at Oaklee Rose Farm in Luebbering. BioChar, an organic waste material that ...

Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural settlements, marking one of the greatest transformations in human history. This ...

Over 10,000 years ago, ancient human settlers began the construction of around 4,700 artificial forest islands in ancient Amazonia, according to the results of a recently-published paper.

Reducing emissions from farming will be key to meeting this country's climate goals. Agriculture is the fifth largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. One climate-friendly growing ...

BERLIN – Scientists say a previously unknown group of Stone Age farmers may have introduced agriculture to South Asia, challenging earlier theories that attributed the spread of farming to a different ...

Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists have discovered an ancient irrigation system that allowed a farming community in northwestern China to raise livestock and cultivate ...

Amateur archaeologists have found evidence of what they believe was a "significant" Bronze Age monument from about 4,500 ...

Mike Pearson takes a look at the renewed interest in sorghum and the potential for a premium market as the Ancient Grain ...