Four years ago, while living in a tiny, inner-city Adelaide apartment, Alexis Branlard decided to experiment with an unconventional approach to growing food in a rental. After getting an okay of sorts ...

Aquaponics, a system of farming that uses no soil, also uses far less water than traditional agriculture. But while the technique is gaining attention, it remains a very niche way to grow produce due ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- The global organic farming market is expected to hit $103 billion dollars this year, up 8% from last year. In the U.S., part of the growth is due to high-tech indoor farming.

The Green Revolution solved the food shortage problem, but now, we humans need a new revolution to preserve and conserve ...

In an aquaponics system, fish and vegetables are grown in a sustainable closed-loop system. Fish fertilize the water for the plants, and the plants purify the water for the fish. In a recirculating ...

Kimberly Aney, a recent graduate of the agriculture program at SUNY Cobleskill in Upstate New York, has dreams of building a small farm that grows fish and lettuce in concert with one another. She ...

Some fresh produce from hydroponic growers has been approved for and is being sold under USDA’s organic seal, but farmers who grow their organic crops in the soil don’t like the competition. The ...

Three years ago, Stan Lyons, owner of Malamalama Farm in Honaunau, looked over his devastated coffee crop, lost to the cherry borer beetle, and asked himself, “What’s next? I’ve got no water and no ...

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Unless you are Alice Waters or Barbara Kingsolver, planting and maintaining an edible garden can seem a tad arduous. In her book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," Kingsolver extolled the pleasures of home ...