crops
Growing Grains Is Giving a Second Life to My Family Farm
My carrots and potatoes taste better than ever because growing grains revitalizes the soil. Also, I just made another cash crop for myself—just like that.
Farming Simulator’s $300 Controller Is About as Hardcore as Gaming Gets
Farming with keyboards is for noobs.
America’s Got a $2 Billion Peanut Problem
Why is the US spending enough money to keep Lebron James playing for 80 years on peanuts we don't need? Blame the 2014 USDA-backed Farm Bill, which protects farmers from losing money if the market price for peanuts drops.
The EU Remains at Odds with Its Members Over the Safety of GM Food
The great GMO debate rages on as the EU shuts down draft legislature that would allow individual European nations to ban the use of GM food or animal feed.
Scientists Have Already Built a Prototype Greenhouse for Mars
A NASA-backed project has created a way to feed future martian explorers.
Russia Has Officially Banned GMOs in Food Production
While the idea of “Frankenstein food” with altered genetic code may seem disturbing on the surface, there is still no solid evidence of GMOs being detrimental to human health.
The UK’s Most Widely Used Weed Killer Could Be Making Bread Toxic
In July, the UK’s Soil Association called for a ban on the use of glyphosate on wheat, a herbicide used by non-organic farmers to control weeds, saying that it could be carcinogenic.
Scientists Say Pesticides Are Causing the Beepocalypse
A new countrywide field study has uncovered the first evidence of a link between certain pesticide use and honeybee decline in England and Wales, contrary to UK government claims that mites and weather conditions are to blame.
25,000 Indian Farmers Are Threatening to Kill Themselves Tomorrow
Heavy rains, low wages, high debt, and government destruction of farmland all add up to an increasingly desperate situation for India's farmers.
Underwater Agriculture: The Scuba Divers Growing Crops in Bubbles Under the Sea
A scuba diving company in Italy wants to create a garden under the sea.
Blame Strawberry-Obsessed Canadians For Worsening California's Drought
Canada chugs about 50,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of California’s water a year through its love for strawberries. So much for skipping showers and devising water-efficient ways of cooking pho, California.
These Wild Hops Make Your Beer Taste Like Mango
Sorry, wine snobs. Turns out hops have a terroir too and beer can be just as complex as your bougie $200 bottle of aged Bourgogne.