It's primates versus palm oil in Africa
Since both require the same habitat, scientists are worried how primates will survive the expansion of industrial oil palm plantations.
View ArticleThere's not enough land for everyone in the world to follow U.S. dietary...
We'd need another Canada-sized chunk of fertile land, scientists say, in order to meet those requirements.
View Article41% of land in contiguous US is used to feed livestock
What else could we do with all those acres?
View ArticleWorld's first floating dairy farm comes to Rotterdam
Let's hope cows don't get seasick.
View ArticleLab-grown meat could cut emissions 96%
The free market Adam Smith Institute says we could be on the cusp of a revolution.
View ArticleWild blueberry growers face tough times on the East Coast
Competition, oversupply, and unpredictable weather has caused the price of wild berries in Maine to hit a 30-year low.
View ArticleHigh yield farming may be better for biodiversity
Is the idyllic, organic farm worse for our balance with nature?
View ArticleHere's another reason to hate diesel: It's killing the rainforest
Over half the palm oil used in Europe is actually put into gas tanks.
View ArticleOn Thanksgiving, crops are rotting in the field because of trade wars
We tell our kids not to waste food, but our governments are wasting shocking amounts of it thanks to tit-for-tat tariffs.
View ArticleCopenhagen's famous rooftop farm may have to close because it has no parking
And we think that the city is so progressive, yet they can't seem to figure this out.
View ArticleIs boycotting palm oil really the best thing to do?
The palm oil situation is bad, but some people argue that it would be worse if replaced by other vegetable oils.
View ArticleWill fake meat increase corporatization of our food system?
Or is that (plant-based) cat already out of the bag?
View ArticlePatagonia is making beer from kernza, a perennial grain
The company wants to demonstrates how the global food system can be more sustainable.
View ArticleWhy did humans start farming?
Hunter-gatherers worked less, had more varied diets, and better health – so shy did we switch to agriculture?
View ArticleMaple syrup: a sweet solution for farmers?
Managing a sugar bush is a win-win situation for all involved.
View ArticleHow a 1% surcharge on restaurant bills can help fight climate change
It's a curious reversal of the farm-to-table movement.
View ArticleIt's time to embrace American hemp production
This super-plant has been misunderstood for too long.
View ArticleNorth Carolina's poultry farms are an unregulated environmental disaster
All eyes have been on the state's hog farms, while its poultry operations have quietly tripled in number over the past two decades with little oversight.
View ArticleSwine flu outbreak is a wakeup call to change farming and diets
The way we're doing things clearly doesn't work.
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