A landmark partnership has been announced as the Organic Research Centre (ORC), the UK’s leading authority on organic and low-input farming, officially ...

Inspired by the potential of natural alternatives, Ashok Tapaswi left city life to grow Annatto trees in Fatehpur, turning forgotten red seeds into a successful natural pigment business. He is driving ...

Organic citrus farming boosts beneficial bacteria in soil, roots & fruit compared to conventional methods. This increases microbial diversity, improving plant health & function, potentially reducing ...

When organic wheat farmer Joel Huesby was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in southeast Washington, many teens sought jobs in the region’s vegetable canneries. He, his wife, his sister-in-law and ...

Moreover, its toxic legacy—ranging from sickened farmworkers in Latin America to the quiet unraveling of soil and aquatic ecosystems—exposes the “hypocrisy” of governments and large corporations who ...

Agronomist Noël Obognon is working with larvae from black soldier fly to produce organic fertiliser. Using larvae fly cuts the soil’s decomposition process from six months to just 12 days. “These ...

EF Polymer, co-founded by Narayanlal Lal Gurjar, uses banana and orange peels to create sustainable farming solutions, enhancing water retention and crop yields.

Weeds are a challenge for every farmer. The annual Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day showcases solutions beyond herbicides.

Researchers have repurposed a 100-year-old process for making synthetic oil for a better cause, according to Interesting Engineering. The Bergius process applies water, heat, and pressure to biomass ...

It took pomelo farmer Nid Pairow a few years to get her crops officially recognised for their distinct quality under the Geographical Indication (GI) programme. Like famous French Champagne, the GI ...

You can feast guilt-free on farmed oysters and mussels as their production can have environmental benefits - but those benefits probably don't include capturing carbon ...

After years of research, CATAS and other institutions have cultivated resistant banana varieties, while also developing eco-friendly, disease-control technologies, which revived the industry. However, ...