If humankind is ever to establish long-term bases on the moon, there will be a need for a regular source of food. It is not practical, however, to think you can plant corn or wheat in plain lunar soil ...

Innovative solutions are needed to decrease greenhouse-gas emissions. Field trials show that supplementing farm soil with a bacterium that consumes the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide can substantially ...

More than 70 farmers and agencies attended a round table to discuss farming methods that aim to provide a more sustainable future for crops grown in the Salinas Valley. According to the United States ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - If humankind is ever to establish long-term bases on the moon, there will be a need for a regular source of food. It is not practical, however, to think you can plant ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DAVIS, Calif. (KTXL) — A three acre ...

A comprehensive field study led by researchers at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS has demonstrated that no-tillage farming can significantly decrease ...

Most of us associate greenhouse gases with factories or tailpipes, but one of the strongest offenders is generated beneath our feet. Nitrous oxide (NO) is roughly 300 times more potent than carbon ...

HUBBARD, Ore. — About a decade ago, David Ashton and Justin Gravett were college roommates studying engineering at California Polytechnic State University. Now the friends are trying to change the ...

A new study from Bangladesh presents an effective strategy for making groundnut farming more productive and environmentally friendly. Researchers from the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute ...

ROYAL CITY, Wash. — Royal Dairy is home to the world’s largest worm farm, but that’s just one part of a much bigger sustainability story. Royal Family Farming, in Royal City, Wash., and CMI Orchards, ...