Much of the scallop farming techniques used in the U.S. derive from practices in Japan, where scallops have long been a part of the country's seafood industry. Researchers from the University of Maine ...

Humans have physically reconfigured half of the world's land to grow just eight staple crops: maize (corn), soy, wheat, rice, cassava, sorghum, sweet potato and potato. They account for the vast ...

This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Zamede Asfaw was growing up on a farm in eastern Ethiopia, he soaked up plant lore and other ...

What is regenerative farming? Vandana Shiva explains that this method of agriculture is healing for both people and the land. What is regenerative farming, and Why is biodiversity important to an ...

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Humans are directly linked to the land. For millennia, farmers have kept us healthy by growing food in the soil. Now farmers have another vital role: keeping our soil healthy to not just feed our ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In southern Ethiopia, the Konso people have maintained a 400-year-old stone terracing system, essential for farming in the region’s semiarid ...