WASHINGTON -- Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan, who wrote the organic standards act when she worked for former Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is beloved in organic circles as the government ...

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 ...

La Trobe University researchers have developed a new way to measure and report the environmental performance of farms in a move that could pave the way for future "sustainability ratings" on consumer ...

Using modern and sophisticated methods in agriculture such as horticulture and aquaponics and other new techniques have helped local farmers to increase the quality and quantity of local farm ...

Organic farming methods, including extended crop rotation, may help US agriculture to better cope with climate change. The venue was a roundtable of expert opinion in the New York Times, centered on ...

In the face of rising global challenges like climate change and water scarcity, agriculture needs sustainable and innovative practices to secure our food supply and conserve precious water resources.

Scientists have developed an efficient and cost-effective method to speed up the breeding of scab-resistant barley cultivars, thus improving crop quality for small-grain breeders in the Northern ...