There’s a joke in The Departed that you should treat Feds like they’re mushrooms: Feed them excrement, and keep them in the dark. The same sentiment has been expressed towards journalists, which is ...

An industrial designer is testing an exciting new agricultural method, replacing standard rectangular fields with circular growing areas. TrendWatching's Daily reported on this new method by Dutch ...

Soil salinization is a serious problem, especially in areas with less rainfall and increasingly arid climates. As climates change, flooding becomes more prevalent – another factor that leads to high ...

Overview AI in agriculture promises higher efficiency, better yields, and data-driven farming decisions, but real-world ...

Syntropic plantings help fix nitrogen, suppress weeds, and create biomass and nutrients. “I wanted to be a farmer when I grew up,” Elizabeth Hoover, associate professor at the University of California ...

Industrialized agriculture can be attributed to about 25-30% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year. As one of the largest sources of emissions, industrial agriculture is the focus of many ...

Synecoculture, a new farming method, involves growing mixed plant species together in high density. However, it requires complex operation since varying species with different growing seasons and ...

“It is 5 a.m. A Midwest farmer sips coffee in front of a computer. Up-to-the-minute satellite images show a weed problem in a field on the north-west corner of the farm. At 6:30 a.m., the farmer ...