Careful timing ensures crops can handle a little heat. But recently, sudden heat waves and long-lasting ones in already warm ...

Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...

Give your bees water and an internal feeder to ensure they have it for more than 24 hours of sealing. Put a mesh screen at ...

The industrial standard in agriculture involves heavy use of herbicides and pesticides to meet the bottom line of production.

Members of the Aster and Symphyotrichum genera are long-beloved plants with a wide range of nativity across North America.

Whether you’re a gardener or small-scale farmer, you’ve probably been hit with advertisements, YouTube videos, and word-of-mouth stories about the next best thing to make growing plants easier. Your ...

Many pests that attack slow-to-mature brassicas like cabbage and cauliflower also attack other members of the brassica genus. If you’re in a cooler area where brassicas grow into the summer, planting ...

According to the National Climate Assessment, extreme weather events have increased in frequency and intensity, directly impacting crop yields and quality. Farms implementing climate-resilient ...

From a food safety perspective, sustainable meat has clear advantages. Animals are raised in lower-stress environments with more space and less routine antibiotic use, which reduces the risk of AR ...

The European corn borer is one of the most prevalent pests across the world. It feeds on multiple species of plants, with corn being the most prominent. Today, this pest is making its way back into ...

The aroma of cedar smoke fills the early autumn air, punctuated by the crackle of wood as Norma Naranjo rakes out hot ashes from the horno, a beehive-shaped adobe oven, with a long wooden paddle. She ...

There are some 90 million dogs in the US alone, and their protein needs are rattling the human food chain. Humans are worried about what’s in dog food, not to mention what dog food is in––way too much ...