It’s the year 2050, and the world's population has just passed 9 billion people. Economic growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of starvation-level poverty. But the encouraging trend ...

As urban populations boom, urban agriculture is increasingly looked to as a local food source and a way to help combat inequitable food access. But little is known about how productive urban ...

Regenerative ag is a buzzword in farming at the moment, but what does it really mean? A recent study conducted by Jeffrey Silvertooth, professor and Extension specialist in agronomy and soil science ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function. Such as not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. Surprisingly, it applies to both ...

Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found a surprising effect as their acreage grew: Nearby conventional ...

Growing in both green and 'gray' spaces in cities, along with the variability of growing methods, means some city crops -- like cucumbers, potatoes and lettuces -- yield at least twice as much as ...