Pollinators in the tropics are less likely to thrive in intensive croplands, finds a new study suggesting bees and butterflies are at risk of major losses. Pollinators in the tropics are less likely ...

Howdy, my name is Megan Webb. I’m a sixth-generation agriculturalist raised on a family farm, Flying W Farms, in Burlington, West Virginia. Elders in my family have mindfully cultivated the Patterson ...

As early as the Neolithic period (circa 3900 BC), the domestication of animals likely led to the development of diseases including measles and smallpox. Since then, zoonotic disease has led to other ...

Slash-and-burn agriculture is the practice of clearing and burning areas of vegetation to replenish the soil and grow food. Hundreds of millions of people around the world still rely on slash-and-burn ...

Industrial agriculture depends on monoculture—growing single crops that can be easily planted, fertilized, treated with pesticides, and harvested—especially on large-scale, mechanized farms. In spite ...