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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.

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There'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.

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41% of land in contiguous US is used to feed livestock

What else could we do with all those acres?

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World's first floating dairy farm comes to Rotterdam

Let's hope cows don't get seasick.

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Lab-grown meat could cut emissions 96%

The free market Adam Smith Institute says we could be on the cusp of a revolution.

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Wild 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.

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High yield farming may be better for biodiversity

Is the idyllic, organic farm worse for our balance with nature?

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Here'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.

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On 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.

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Copenhagen'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.

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Is 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.

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Will fake meat increase corporatization of our food system?

Or is that (plant-based) cat already out of the bag?

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The high carbon cost of flying flowers

This Valentine's Day, shop local.

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Patagonia is making beer from kernza, a perennial grain

The company wants to demonstrates how the global food system can be more sustainable.

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Why did humans start farming?

Hunter-gatherers worked less, had more varied diets, and better health – so shy did we switch to agriculture?

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Maple syrup: a sweet solution for farmers?

Managing a sugar bush is a win-win situation for all involved.

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How a 1% surcharge on restaurant bills can help fight climate change

It's a curious reversal of the farm-to-table movement.

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It's time to embrace American hemp production

This super-plant has been misunderstood for too long.

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North 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.

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Swine 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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