The word farm was once equated with images of sun-kissed green fields in rural areas. That’s quickly changing. Not only are farms moving closer to urban areas, but they’re also getting creative in how ...
The modern agriculture that is sometimes taken to be the "conventional" one is daily gaining ground over so-called traditional or extensive forms of farming practised for several thousand years by ...
GRAND FORKS - If you're a farmer - or if the U.S. Department of Agriculture thinks you might be one - you'll soon be getting a questionnaire in the mail. The 2012 Census of Agriculture is being mailed ...
But new research published this week finds that non-forest ecosystems—the world’s grasslands, savannas, and wetlands—are being devoured for agriculture at nearly four times the rate as forests. As ...
*Baron Jay Littleton, President/Founder of the Baron Jay Foundation and renown entrepreneur/actor/philanthropist/investor/motivational speaker, has launched a new eco ...
A new study takes a first-of-its kind look at how farming converts non-forested areas and major carbon sinks into cropland and pasture.