In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers found that greener farming methods don’t compromise yields
Going green doesn’t always require a sacrifice. A recent study shows that farmers who embrace sustainable cultivation measures like soil tillage and the incorporation of...
How climate change is complicating a Thanksgiving staple
Billy McCaffrey trawled his hands through the cold, clear water, creating a small wake in the calm. Below the surface, the flooded vines of the...
The Future of Farm Conservation Programs Hinges on the Election
Dave McLaughlin’s central Pennsylvania farm has been in his wife’s family for seven generations. Their son now operates a dairy there, while McLaughlin grows corn,...
How Four Years of Trump Reshaped Food and Farming
In the midst of a global pandemic, a rushed Supreme Court confirmation, and a reckoning with racial justice, food and farming have been on the...
New carbon capture project could help corn growers
A new carbon capture project across from the Blue Flint ethanol facility near Underwood, North Dakota has begun, in an effort to prevent the more...
What Impacts Do the West Coast Wildfires, Smoke Have on Crops?
On September 12, Iverson Family Farms posted ominous images on social media of their fields under a ruddy red sky, thick with a stagnant, dense...
Value in manure: Harvesting methane good for the environment, NC economy
What does a Pennsylvania potato farmer’s question at a Joe Biden Town Hall have to do with North Carolina? A lot, actually. It’s not so...
The Soil Revolution That Could Save Farming And The Climate
Joe Biden and other Democrats are backing regenerative farming, which pulls carbon from the atmosphere and restores nutrients to soil. But is it ready for...