Rebanks runs a family-owned farm in the Lake District in northern England. A graduate of Oxford University, James' new book is Pastoral Song: A Farmer's Journey For much of my early life America meant ...

If you wanted to produce food at the lowest cost to the environment, what methods would you use? Would you select modern farming methods (large-scale, specialized, mechanized and increasingly digital) ...

SHANGHAI, June 4 (Reuters) - At Chongming Island just outside Shanghai, China’s most populous city, workers collect and pack tomatoes and cucumbers at a glass greenhouse operated by Dutch company ...

The global food system faces growing risks as modern farming practices undermine the resilience of the world's soils, according to new research. Soil resilience is the ability of soils to withstand, ...

Monoculture farming is amplifying the prevalence of parasites in bees. Scientists have discovered another way modern-day farming techniques are killing off bee populations. While pesticides have long ...

Willow plants, a traditional medicinal plant, have a surprising effect on cattle — they reduce the amount of nitrous oxide and ammonia in their urine. According to an article from the Research ...