agriculture, Tag

Some big changes are ahead for Mars Wrigley Confectionery. The company, which produces some of the most popular treats in America, is revamping its cocoa supply to help combat poverty, child labor and deforestation. Mars...

From the American Council on Science and Health, some inconvenient news for java doomsayers By Alex Berezow For roughly the last two years, the media has been warning us that climate change is threatening the world’s...

The imperfect food movement continues to rise in popularity as companies, like Imperfect Produce in Silicon Valley, capitalize on a growing trend to fight food waste around the country...

Although the majority of Vietnam’s population relies on agriculture, rapid industrialization and a skyrocketing population in recent years has led to urban sprawl and the decimation of fertile agricultural land...

Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball (Adaptation of article originally published in The Landowner) “Agriculture… is the first in utility, and ought to be the first in respect.” Thomas Jefferson “There are no farms in the cities,...

From the UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT and the “plague of locusts” department Global warming: More insects, eating more crops Global loss of wheat, rice and maize projected to rise 10-25 percent per degree of warming...

Bees have developed a likening to pesticide-containing plants, according to a recent study. The affinity exhibited by the bees is similar to an addiction to nicotine from cigarettes. Apparently, the more pesticide-laced pollen...

From the HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH and the “In a storage compartment full of grain, they starved to death.” Tribbles department comes this wacky bit of alarmism….which is of course, based...

Environmentalists are alarmed by recent data that reveals Spain's pig population now outnumbers its human one by 3.5 million. This is the first time the number of pigs in Spain has exceeded that of humans, and the discrepancy...

Residents in the Camperdown district in south-west Victoria are concerned about the scale of a solar farm proposed to be built on farmland near the town.

Environmentalists scored a victory in Canada on Wednesday, securing restrictions on two pesticides that have been posing threats to bees and aquatic insects...

Agrochemical company Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289 million to school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson, who said the Bayer subsidiary's chemical products gave him cancer...

It is no surprise that the world's most populous country, China, is also the largest polluter on Earth. However, for individuals living in China's northern plain, the most densely populated region on the planet, it may come...

You'll soon be able to enjoy your chocolate guilt-free. Colombia has become the first Latin American country and the third country in the world to commit to deforestation-free cocoa production. The government signed a pledge...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Another global warming food security study based on unrealistic assumptions. The global corn crop is vulnerable to the effects of climate change By ADAM WERNICK Corn, also known as maize, is the...